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Animal Ethics and the Autonomous Animal Self
Natalie Thomas
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Description for Animal Ethics and the Autonomous Animal Self
Hardback. Series: The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series. Num Pages: 177 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPM; HPQ; JFFZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 218 x 17. Weight in Grams: 374.
This book presents a radical and intuitive argument against the notion that intentional action, agency and autonomy are features belonging only to humans. Using evidence from research into the minds of non-human animals, it explores the ways in which animals can be understood as individuals who are aware of themselves, and the consequent basis of our moral obligations towards them. The first part of this book argues for a conception of agency in animals that admits to degrees among individuals and across species. It explores self-awareness and its various levels of complexity which depend on ... Read more
This book presents a radical and intuitive argument against the notion that intentional action, agency and autonomy are features belonging only to humans. Using evidence from research into the minds of non-human animals, it explores the ways in which animals can be understood as individuals who are aware of themselves, and the consequent basis of our moral obligations towards them. The first part of this book argues for a conception of agency in animals that admits to degrees among individuals and across species. It explores self-awareness and its various levels of complexity which depend on ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series
Condition
New
Number of Pages
177
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137586841
SKU
V9781137586841
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About Natalie Thomas
Natalie Thomas teaches Philosophy, Ethics and Media Studies at the University of Guelph-Humber, in Toronto, Canada. She is an Associate Fellow of the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics, UK.
Reviews for Animal Ethics and the Autonomous Animal Self
In this well-researched examination of animal selfhood, Thomas ... explores the designation of `self' as reserved for humans only. She identifies agency, self-awareness, and autonomy as the grounds for ownership of direct moral obligation, and she points out that some animals possess some of these characteristics. ... Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty. (M. A. Betz, Choice, Vol. ... Read more