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Beyond Prejudice: The Moral Significance of Human and Nonhuman Animals
Evelyn B. Pluhar
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Description for Beyond Prejudice: The Moral Significance of Human and Nonhuman Animals
Paperback. Defends the view that any sentient conative being is morally significant, a view that supports the moral status and rights of many nonhuman animals Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 29. Weight in Grams: 680.
In Beyond Prejudice, Evelyn B. Pluhar defends the view that any sentient conative being—one capable of caring about what happens to him or herself—is morally significant, a view that supports the moral status and rights of many nonhuman animals. Confronting traditional and contemporary philosophical arguments, she offers in clear and accessible fashion a thorough examination of theories of moral significance while decisively demonstrating the flaws in the arguments of those who would avoid attributing moral rights to nonhumans.
Exposing the traditional view—which restricts the moral realm to autonomous, fully fledged "persons"—as having horrific implications for the treatment of many humans, ... Read more
In Beyond Prejudice, Evelyn B. Pluhar defends the view that any sentient conative being—one capable of caring about what happens to him or herself—is morally significant, a view that supports the moral status and rights of many nonhuman animals. Confronting traditional and contemporary philosophical arguments, she offers in clear and accessible fashion a thorough examination of theories of moral significance while decisively demonstrating the flaws in the arguments of those who would avoid attributing moral rights to nonhumans.
Exposing the traditional view—which restricts the moral realm to autonomous, fully fledged "persons"—as having horrific implications for the treatment of many humans, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
Number of Pages
392
Place of Publication
North Carolina, United States
ISBN
9780822316480
SKU
V9780822316480
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About Evelyn B. Pluhar
Evelyn B. Pluhar is Associate Professor of Philosophy at The Pennsylvania State University, Fayette Campus
Reviews for Beyond Prejudice: The Moral Significance of Human and Nonhuman Animals
"Evelyn Pluhar has written an important book that discusses key issues in developing moral thought about our treatment of non-human animals. Arguing that past writing in the area has failed to justify the moral significance of non-humans, Pluhar offers an original contribution designed to provide that justification. Her scholarship is exacting; her writing style lively, lucid, and accessible. There can ... Read more