The lives of animals
By: J.M. Coetzee ; edited and introduced by Amy Gutmann
Contributors: Gutmann, Amy; Princeton University. University Center for Human Values
Series: University Center for Human Values series
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Princeton, N.J; Chichester
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 130
ISBN-13: 9781400822829; 9781282157910
Subjects: Philosophy; Animal rights; Animal welfare; Fiction
Description: J.M. Coetzee uses fiction to present a discussion of animal rights in all their complexity. He draws us into his character's own sense of mortality, her compassion for animals, and her alienation from humans, even from her own family. In his fable, presented as a Tanner Lecture sponsored by the University Center for Human Values at Princeton University, Coetzee immerses us in a drama reflecting the real-life situation at hand: a writer delivering a lecture on an emotionally charged issue at a prestigious university. The story is followed by responses treating the reader to a variety of perspectives, delivered by leading thinkers in different fields. Coetzee's text is accompanied by an introduction by political philosopher Amy Gutmann and responsive essays by religion scholar Wendy Doniger, primatologist Barbara Smuts, literary theorist Marjorie Garber, and moral philosopher Peter Singer, author of "Animal Liberation." Together the lecture-fable and the essays explore the palpable social consequences of uncompromising moral conflict and confrontation.
Notes: Originally published: 1999.

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Cover; title: CONTENTS; title: INTRODUCTION; title: THE LIVES OF ANIMALS; title: The Philosophers and the Animals; title: The Poets and the Animals; title: REFLECTIONS; title: Marjorie Garber; title: Peter Singer; title: Wendy Doniger; title: Barbara Smuts; title: CONTRIBUTORS; title: INDEX; title: A; title: B; title: C; title: D; title: E; title: F; title: G; title: H; title: I; title: J; title: K; title: L; title: M; title: N; title: O; title: P; title: R; title: S; title: T; title: U; title: V; title: W; title: X; title: Z.