David Cooper (UK University of Durham)

Animals and Misanthropy

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This engaging volume explores the claim that misanthropy is a justified attitude towards humankind in the light of how human beings both compare with and treat animals. Drawing on both Eastern and Western philosophical traditions David Cooper offers a unique insight into the complex field of animal ethics.

---

Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 156
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Februar 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 129mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 170g
• ISBN-13: 9781138295940
• ISBN-10: 1138295949
• Artikelnr.: 51382392

Autorenporträt

David E. Cooper is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at Durham University, UK. He has been a Visiting Professor at universities in several countries, including the USA and Sri Lanka. His many books include The Measure of Things: Humanism, Humility and Mystery, A Philosophy of Gardens, Convergence with Nature: A Daoist Perspective, and Senses of Mystery: Engaging with Nature and the Meaning of Life.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements. 1 Misanthropy; Prologue
Feelings and judgements
Human beings
humankind
human nature. 2 Introducing animals; A false start
Two kinds of reflection
A lesson from David Hume
Human animals? Which animals? 3 Human and animal lives; Differences
Affinities
Scepticism
theory and life. 4 Human failings; Reminders
A charge list
Ubiquity and entrenchment. 5 Animal vices and virtues; Animal vices? Human virtues
Animal virtues
Coda: beauty and virtue. 6 Treatment of animals; 'Brutality to "brutes"'
Another charge list
Animal suffering and human failings
Conclusion.7 'A fundamental debacle'; Agriculture
hubris
technology
A 'true moral test'
'An eternal Treblinka'? 8 Responding to misanthropy; Optimism
Radicalism
Quietism. 9 Being with animals; Rationality
Attunement
Virtues
emulation and mystery. Index