Animals and misanthropy. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: David E. Cooper.
• Authors: Cooper, David E (David Edward), 1942-
• Contents: Acknowledgements 1 Misanthropy Prologue Feelings and judgements Human beings, humankind, human nature 2 Introducing Animals A false start Two kinds of reflection A lesson from David Hume Human animals? Which animals? 3 Human and Animal Lives Differences Affinities Scepticism, theory and life 4 Human Failings Reminders A charge list Ubiquity and entrenchment 5 Animal Vices and Virtues Animal vices? Human virtues Animal virtues Coda: beauty and virtue 6 Treatment of Animals ‘Brutality to "brutes"’ Another charge list Animal suffering and human failings Conclusion 7 ‘A Fundamental Debacle’ Agriculture, hubris, technology A ‘true moral test’ ‘An eternal Treblinka’? 8 Responding to Misanthropy Optimism Radicalism Quietism 9 Being with Animals Rationality Attunement Virtues, emulation and mystery Index
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 179.3; Animal welfare -- Moral and ethical aspects; Misanthropy; Human-animal relationships -- Moral and ethical aspects
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781351583770; 9781351583787; 9781351583763; 9781315099668
• Related ISBNs: 9781138295933; 9781138295940
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