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The Death of the Animal: A Dialogue
Paola Cavalieri
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Hardback. Num Pages: 168 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 352.
While moral perfectionists rank conscious beings according to their cognitive abilities, Paola Cavalieri launches a more inclusive defense of all forms of subjectivity. In concert with Peter Singer, J. M. Coetzee, Harlan B. Miller, and other leading animal studies scholars, she expands our understanding of the nonhuman in such a way that the derogatory category of "the animal" becomes meaningless. In so doing, she presents a nonhierachical approach to ethics that better respects the value of the conscious self. Cavalieri opens with a dialogue between two imagined philosophers, laying out her challenge to moral perfectionism and tracing its influence ... Read more
While moral perfectionists rank conscious beings according to their cognitive abilities, Paola Cavalieri launches a more inclusive defense of all forms of subjectivity. In concert with Peter Singer, J. M. Coetzee, Harlan B. Miller, and other leading animal studies scholars, she expands our understanding of the nonhuman in such a way that the derogatory category of "the animal" becomes meaningless. In so doing, she presents a nonhierachical approach to ethics that better respects the value of the conscious self. Cavalieri opens with a dialogue between two imagined philosophers, laying out her challenge to moral perfectionism and tracing its influence ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
Number of Pages
168
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231145527
SKU
V9780231145527
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About Paola Cavalieri
Paola Cavalieri lives in Milan and is the editor of the international philosophy journal Etica & Animali. She is the author of The Animal Question: Why Nonhuman Animals Deserve Human Rights and, with Peter Singer, edited the award-winning book, The Great Ape Project: Equality Beyond Humanity.
Reviews for The Death of the Animal: A Dialogue
An imaginatively structured and thought-provoking addition to the growing Columbia University Press series in animal studies.
Clare Palmer Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews This stimulating, unique book could have many uses in academic contexts... Recommended. Choice
Clare Palmer Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews This stimulating, unique book could have many uses in academic contexts... Recommended. Choice