Anthropocentrism and Its Discontents: The Moral Status of Animals in the History of Western Philosophy - Paperback
by Gary Steiner
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Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Pittsburgh PressISBN-13:9780822961192ISBN-10:822961199UPC:9780822961192Book Category:Philosophy, NatureBook Subcategory:Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Animal RightsSize:9.20 x 6.10 x 0.90 inchesWeight:1.1001Product ID:SC7EX5NZ6G
Anthropocentrism and Its Discontents is the first-ever comprehensive examination of views of animals in the history of Western philosophy, from Homeric Greece to the twentieth century.In recent decades, increased interest in this area has been accompanied by scholars willingness to conceive of animal experience in terms of human mental capacities: consciousness, self-awareness, intention,...
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Pittsburgh PressISBN-13:9780822961192ISBN-10:822961199UPC:9780822961192Book Category:Philosophy, NatureBook Subcategory:Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Animal RightsSize:9.20 x 6.10 x 0.90 inchesWeight:1.1001Product ID:SC7EX5NZ6G
Gary Steiner is John Howard Harris Professor of Philosophy at Bucknell University. He is the author of Animals and the Moral Community: Mental Life, Moral Status, and Kinship, and Descartes as a Moral Thinker: Christianity, Technology, Nihilism. He is also the translator of Prauss's Knowing and Doing in Heidegger's "Being and Time" and Löwith's Martin Heidegger and European Nihilism.
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