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Animal dignity : philosophical reflections on non-human existence
Title
Animal dignity : philosophical reflections on non-human existence / edited by Melanie Challenger.
ISBN
9781350331679
1350331678
9781350331662
135033166X
9781350331686
9781350331693
Publication
London ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2023.
Copyright Notice Date
©2023.
Physical Description
xvii, 275 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Summary
How do we understand the dignity and value of non-human animals? Leading philosophers, ethnologists and writers contribute to this interdisciplinary and wide-ranging account of animal dignity. With a foreword by world-leading primatologist, Dr. Jane Goodall DBE, essays collected here make the case for applying the concept of dignity beyond its usual humanist framework and introduce readers to animal dignity in history, law, science, philosophy, and literature. United in recognizing the dignity of non-human animals, these essays suggest how we might ensure a flourishing environment in times of ecological destruction and climate breakdown. Historians, primatologists, philosophers, novelists and artists approach the concept of animal dignity creatively, offering interpretations that are academically rigorous, alongside ones that are personal and literary. This variety of engagement knits together a fruitful way forward for progressive relations between all species.
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Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 19, 2024
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Prelude I: Frogs / Simon Rich
Beginning with Dignity / Melanie Challenger
Part I. Defining the Concept. What is Dignity?
Prelude II: 33,000 Birds / Jonathan Safran Foer
1. A Place for Animals? Rethinking the history of human dignity / Remy Debes
2. Philosophical Approaches to Dignity, and their Applicability to Non-human Animals / Suzanne Killmister
Part II. Approaches to Dignity. What are the Grounds for Animal Dignity?
Prelude III: Ways of Seeing an Octopus / Sy Montgomery
3. On Standing / Harriet Ritvo
4. Wild Dignity / Lori Gruen
5. Dignity in Dogs / Alexandra Horowitz
6. The Heart of the Scorpion / Kathleen Dean Moore
7. 'An Old Joy' : Ways of Attending to Dignity / Deborah Slicer
8. Dignity in their World / Danielle Celermajer
Part III. Forms of Dignity. Are There Separate Cultural Conceptions Of Animal Dignity?
Prelude IV: Lead Me into Thy Nest / Nelson Bukamba
9. Killing Dogs in Zambia: Prospects for Ubuntu / Julius Kapembwa
10. Let all Beings Be happy: Dignity and Prana, the vital force in Indian thought / Meera Baindur
11. Two-Eyed Seeing: Animal dignity through Indigenous and Western lenses / Cristina Eisenberg and Michael Paul Nelson
12. Dignity in Non-humans: A theological perspective / Michael Reiss
Part IV. Dignity in Practice. What Work Can Animal Dignity Do?
Prelude V: The Last Safe Habitat / Craig Santos Perez
13. Extending the Capabilities Approach to Non-Human Animals / Martha Nussbaum
14. Beyond Animal Welfare : Respecting Animal Dignity in Continental Law / Eva Bernet Kempers
15. Animal Dignity as More-Than-Welfarism / Visa Kurki
16. Dignity: A Concept for All Species / Lori Marino
17. Four Legs Good, Three Legs Bad? The Aesthetics of Animal Dignity / Samantha Hurn
18. Looking Up to Animals and Other Beings: What the fishes taught us / Becca Franks, Monica Gagliano, Barbara Smuts and Christine Webb
19. Dignity, Respect and the Education of Biologists / David George Haskell
Afterthoughts
Prelude VI: Characteristics of Life / Camille Dungy
Ways Forward / Melanie Challenger.
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