The specter of speciesism : Buddhist and Christian views of animals

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The specter of speciesism : Buddhist and Christian views of animals / Paul Waldau.

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"This new study looks at how non-human animals have been viewed in the Buddhist and Christian religious traditions. The concept of speciesism, coined in 1970 as an analogy to racism and discussed almost exclusively within philosophical circles, is used to explore very basic questions about which animals, human or otherwise, were significant to early Buddhists and Christians. Drawing on scriptures and interpretive traditions in Christianity and Buddhism, Waldau argues that decisions about human ethical responsibilities in both religions are deeply rooted in ancient understandings of the place of humans in the world and our relationships with other animals in an integrated cosmos. His study offers scholars and others interested in the bases for ethical decisions new insights into Christian and Buddhist reasoning about animals as well as what each might have to offer to the current discussions about animal rights and environmental ethics."--Jacket.

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ISBN: 0195145712 (alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780195145717 (alk. paper)
Physical Description: 303 pages ; 25 cm.
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-285) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:: I. Religion and Speciesism -- 1. Animals and Religious Traditions -- 2. Exclusion and the Concept of Speciesism -- 3. Criticisms of Speciesism -- II. Animals and Religion -- 4. Other Complex Animals: Missed Opportunities? -- 5. What Is an Animal? -- III. Is There Speciesism in Buddhism? -- 6. Other Animals in the Pali Canon -- 7. The Buddhist Understanding of Other Animals -- IV. Is There Speciesism in Christianity? -- 8. Other Animals in the Christian Tradition -- 9. The Christian Understanding of Other Animals. App. 1. Transliteration, Orthography, and Italicization.

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