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Animals - A History (Hardcover)
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Animals - A History (Hardcover)
Series: Oxford Philosophical Concepts
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Philosophical controversy over non-human animals extends further
back than many realize - before Utilitarianism and Darwinism to the
very genesis of philosophy. This volume examines the richness and
complexity of that long history. Twelve essays trace the
significance of animals from Greek and Indian antiquity through the
Islamic and Latin medieval traditions, to Renaissance and early
modern thought, ending with contemporary notions about animals. Two
main questions emerge throughout the volume: what capacities can be
ascribed to animals, and how should we treat them? Notoriously
ungenerous attitudes towards animals' mental lives and ethics
status, found for instance in Aristotle and Descartes, are shown to
have been more nuanced than often supposed, while remarkable
defenses of benevolence towards animals are unearthed in late
antiquity, India, the Islamic world, and Kant. Other chapters
examine cannibalism and vegetarianism in Renaissance thought, and
the scientific testing of animals. A series of interdisciplinary
reflections sheds further light on human attitudes towards animals,
looking at their depiction in visual artworks from China, Africa,
and Europe, as well as the rich tradition of animal fables
beginning with Aesop.
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