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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Preece, Rod, 1939-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: 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