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Animals and why they matter / Mary Midgley.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0820307041
  • ISBN: 9780820307046
  • ISBN: 0820307564
  • ISBN: 9780820307565
  • ISBN: 0820320412
  • ISBN: 9780820320410
  • Physical Description: 158 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
  • Publisher: Athens : University of Georgia Press, 1984, �1983.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Getting animals in focus -- Competition is real but limited -- Emotion, emotiveness and sentimentality -- The rationalist tradition (1) : absolute dismissal -- The rationalist tradition (2) : interests, rights and language -- Equality and outer darkness -- Women, animals and other awkward cases -- Sentience and social claims -- The significance of species -- The mixed community -- What is anthropomorphism? -- The subjectivity and consciousness of animals -- What can matter to us?
Subject:
Ethics.
Social ethics.
Social contract.
Animals.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Lummi Library BJ 1012 .M54 1983 285649 Stacks Reshelving -