Animal Suffering: Philosophy and Culture

AvE. Aaltola

Inbunden, Engelska, 2012

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Exploring how animal suffering is made meaningful within Western ramifications, the book investigates themes such as skepticism concerning non-human experience, cultural roots of compassion, and contemporary approaches to animal ethics. At its center is the pivotal question: What is the moral significance of animal suffering?

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Utgivningsdatum:2012-07-31
Mått:140 x 216 x 25 mm
Vikt:479 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series
Antal sidor:247
Upplaga:2012
Förlag:Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:9780230283916

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ELISA AALTOLA is a Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Eastern Finland. She has been researching the theoretical ramifications behind, and practical implications of, the moral status of non-human animals for a number of years and has previously published two Finnish books on animal ethics.

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Series Preface Acknowledgements Introduction Animal Suffering: The Practice Knowing Suffering History of Caring Morality and Non-Human Suffering: Analytical Animal Ethics Morality and Animal Suffering: Continental Investigations Emotion, Empathy, and Intersubjectivity Action Against Suffering Conclusion Notes References Index