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Animal Minds and Animal Ethics: Connecting Two Separate Fields
Klaus Petrus
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Description for Animal Minds and Animal Ethics: Connecting Two Separate Fields
Paperback. Editor(s): Petrus, Klaus; Wild, Markus. Num Pages: 360 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRLM; WNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 29. Weight in Grams: 560.
Animal minds and animal ethics - different origins, connecting similarities. Philosophers working on questions of animal ethics usually draw on research into animal cognition and subscribe to strong positions regarding animal minds. Whereas philosophers interested in the question of animal minds sometimes draw ethical conclusions from the positions they argue for. In spite of such overlaps, these two areas of research have grown up separately. One reason for this separation stems from the institutional distinction between theoretical and practical philosophy. The principal aim of this anthology is to build bridges between the fields and different philosophical approaches of animal ethics ... Read more
Animal minds and animal ethics - different origins, connecting similarities. Philosophers working on questions of animal ethics usually draw on research into animal cognition and subscribe to strong positions regarding animal minds. Whereas philosophers interested in the question of animal minds sometimes draw ethical conclusions from the positions they argue for. In spite of such overlaps, these two areas of research have grown up separately. One reason for this separation stems from the institutional distinction between theoretical and practical philosophy. The principal aim of this anthology is to build bridges between the fields and different philosophical approaches of animal ethics ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Transcript Verlag
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
, Germany
ISBN
9783837624625
SKU
V9783837624625
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About Klaus Petrus
Klaus Petrus (PhD) is journalist and co-founder of the METIBE (bureau of human-animal-relation) in Berne, Switzerland. Markus Wild is professor of philosophy at the University of Basel. He is the author of, among others, »Tierphilosophie« (2008).
Reviews for Animal Minds and Animal Ethics: Connecting Two Separate Fields
»Der Band zeigt, wie sich das dilettantische Zurechtschneidern des Geistes der Tiere verhindern lässt. Die Auswahl der Arbeiten [...] bezeugt das konstruktive Potential der postmodernen Philosophie.« Philipp von Gall, TIERethik, 6/8 (2014) »Ein lesenswertes Buch.« Kochen ohne Knochen, 15/2 (2014) Reviewed in: Fellbeißer, 10 (2013) www.lehrerbibliothek.de, 21.01.2014, Dieter Bach fair-fish, 13.02.2014, Heinzpeter Studer