Entangled empathy
Subtitle: an alternative ethic for our relationships with animals
By: Lori Gruen
Publisher: Lantern Publishing & Media
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 117
ISBN-13: 9781590564875
Subjects: Moral and ethical aspects; Human-animal relationships; Animal rights; Animal welfare
Description: "In Entangled Empathy, scholar and activist Lori Gruen argues that rather than focusing on animal 'rights,' we ought to work to make our relationships with animals right by empathetically responding to their needs, interests, desires, vulnerabilities, hopes, and unique perspectives. Pointing out that we are already entangled in complex and life-altering relationships with other animals, Gruen guides readers through a new way of thinking about--and practicing--animal ethics. Lori Gruen is Professor of Philosophy and Coordinator of Wesleyan Animal Studies at Wesleyan University. She is the author of Ethics and Animals and co-editor, with Carol Adams, of Ecofeminism: Feminist Intersections with Animals and the Earth"--Page [4] of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Seeking an alternative ethic; title: What is empathy?; title: Entanglements; title: Improving empathy.