A New Basis for Animal Ethics : Telos and Common Sense /

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This book, the culmination of forty years of theorizing about the moral status of animals, explicates and justifies society's moral obligation to animals in terms of the commonsense metaphysics and ethics of Aristotle's concept of telos.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rollin, Bernard E. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Columbia, Missouri : University of Missouri Press, 2016.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Animal welfare > Moral and ethical aspects.
Animal welfare > Philosophy.
Human-animal relationships > Moral and ethical aspects.
PHILOSOPHY > Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
Relations homme-animal > Aspect moral.
Animaux > Protection > Aspect moral.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Philosophy and ethics
  • Part One. Creating an animal ethic. The need for a new animal ethic ; Social, personal, and professional ethics ; Reminding versus teaching ; The denial of animal mind ; Mattering and telos
  • Part Two. Ideology and common sense. Ideology ; Anecdote, anthropomorphism, and animal mind ; Animal telos and animal welfare ; The end of husbandry ; Animal research and telos ; Genetic engineering and telos ; Conclusion.

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