Stephen T. Newmyer (Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, USA)

Animals, Rights and Reason in Plutarch and Modern Ethics

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This volume is groundbreaking in examining Plutarchà â â 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

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 156
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. November 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 168mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 264g
• ISBN-13: 9780415240475
• ISBN-10: 0415240476
• Artikelnr.: 21473342

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