Brute souls, happy beasts, and evolution : the historical status of animals /
"In this inquiry into the status of animals in human society from the fifth century BC to the present, Rod Preece provides a wholly new perspective on the human-animal relationship. He skillfully demonstrates that, counter to prevailing intellectual opinion, ethical attitudes toward animals are...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Vancouver, B.C. :
UBC Press,
©2005.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- In Quest of the Soul
- Peripatetic Souls
- A Natural History of Animal Souls
- Return to Nature
- Theriophily Redivivus
- Symbiosis
- Evolution, Chain, and Categorical Imperative
- Kinship and Evolution
- The Moral Status of Animals
- Notes
- Select Bibliography
- Index