Hartshorne and the Metaphysics of Animal Rights

Daniel A. Dombroski is Associate Professor in the Philosophy Department of Creighton University. He is the author of Plato's Philosophy of History and of Thoreau the Platonist.

"This book is not simply for philosophers and students of Charles Hartshorne. It is for those who would learn more about the nature of Divinity and of Man's place in Nature." — Dr. Michael W. Fox, Scientific Director, The Humane Society of the United States"It adds an important name to the growing roster of informed thinkers who are concerned about how humans do — and how we should — treat nonhuman animals." — Tom Regan, North Carolina State University"It is extremely persuasive about vegetarianism, which is upsetting to us non-vegetarians. It is also insightful about Hartshorne. Hartshorne said at the last Metaphysical Society meeting that Dombrowksi is the philosopher who best understands him." — Robert Cummings Neville"The style is excellent, clear, forceful, readable. The central focus on vegetarianism and the rights of animals, yet also on metaphysics and the histories and present states of both these concerns, makes this a very original and distinctive work." — Charles Hartshorne

• Abbreviations Introduction Chapter One: A Brief History Chapter Two: God and Noninvidious Contrasts Chapter Three: Commonality with Animals Chapter Four: Human Transcendence of Animality Chapter Five: Foundations for a Humane Ethics Chapter Six: Contributionism and Wordsworth Chapter Seven: Hartshorne and Plato Chapter Eight: The Aesthetic Analogy Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index