Stephen T. Newmyer

Animals, Rights and Reason in Plutarch and Modern Ethics (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This volume is groundbreaking in examining Plutarch's views not only in the context of ancient philosophical and ethical thought, but also in its generally overlooked place in the history of speculation on human-animal relations

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. April 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135130589
• Artikelnr.: 38454953

Autorenporträt

Stephen T. Newmyer is Professor of Classics at Duquesne University and has published numerous articles on ethical issues relating to the treatment of animals in ancient literary and philosophical texts.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: The Ancients and the Moderns 2. The Nature of the Beast: The Search for Animal Rationality 3. Just Beasts: Animal Morality and Human Justice 4. Feeling Beastley: Pain
Pleasure
and the Animal Estate 5. Beauty in the Beast: Cooperation
Altruism
and Philanthropy among Animals 6. Animal Appetites: Vegetarianism and Human Morality 7. Conclusion