Animal ethics in the age of humans : blurring boundaries in human-animal relationships /: blurring boundaries in human-animal relationships. ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Bernice Bovenkerk, Jozef Keulartz, editors.
• Editors: Bovenkerk, Bernice; Keulartz, Jozef
• Contents: Acknowledgments; Contents; Editors and Contributors; 1 Changing Relationships with Non-human Animals in the Anthropocene-An Introduction; Abstract; 1 The Anthropocene-Questions of Definition and Dating; 1.1 The Stages of the Anthropocene; 1.2 The Planetary Boundary Framework; 1.3 Novel Ecosystems as Hallmark of the Anthropocene; 2 The Anthropocene as Apple of Discord; 2.1 Two French Philosophers; 2.2 Two Converts; 2.3 Resistance and Reconciliation; 3 Biodiversity Conservation Options in the Anthropocene; 3.1 The Translocation Spectrum; 3.2 Controversies Over Translocations. 4 Blurring Boundaries: An Overview4.1 Between Human and Animal; 4.2 Between Wild and Domestic; 4.3 Between Freedom and Captivity; 4.4 Between Animal Ethics and Conservation Ethics; References; Between Human and Animal; 2 Deep History, Evolutionary History, and Animals in the Anthropocene; Abstract; 1 History in the Anthropocene; 2 Animal Histories; 3 Expanding Time; 4 History, Prehistory, and the Human; 5 Animals, Natural History, and Evolution; 6 Evolution in Play: Rewriting History; 7 Conclusion; References; 3 Organisms as Teachers? The Promise of Biomimicry; Abstract. 1 The Biomimicry Revolution2 The Conscious Emulation of Life's Genius; 3 Biomimicry as a Tutorial Practice; 4 Organisms as Teachers; 5 Biomimicry in Action; 6 Humans as Nature's Students; 7 Lessons from The Sorcerer's Apprentice; 8 Concluding Remarks; References; 4 Interspecies Democracies; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 2 Political Animal Rights; 3 Silencing Animals in the Anthropocene; 4 Categorizing Animals; 5 Interspecies Recognition; 6 Moving Towards Interspecies Democracies; 6.1 Group Decisions and Material Interventions; 6.2 Animal Agency and Changing the Rules of the Game. 6.3 New Forms of Politics: Greeting7 Future Directions; References; 5 Human-Animal Interfaces from a Pragmatist Perspective; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 2 Animals as Objects of Moral Concern; 3 Other, Often Implicit, Traits of Animals: Broadening the Meaning of Animals; 4 Learning from Animals in Biomimicry; 5 Animals Have Their Own Life, Meaning, and Connections with Humans; 6 World-Destroying and World-Disclosing Values of Human-Animal Interaction; 7 Is It Possible to Integrate These Less Prominent Traits in Pig Farming?; 8 Conclusion; References. 6 What Is It Like to Be a Bird? Epistemic Humility and Human-Animal RelationsAbstract; 1 What Is It Like to Be a Bird?; 2 Schopenhauer's Transcendental Idealism; 3 Epistemic Humility; 4 Humility and Receptivity; 5 A Caspian Tern; References; 7 Unfeeling Brutes; Abstract; References; 8 Comment: Between Human and Animal; Abstract; 1 The False Modesty of Biomimicry; 2 The Worlds of Birds; 3 Political Animals?; 4 Emotions, Practices and History; 5 From Humility to Hubris; References; Between Wild and Domestic; 9 Climate Change, Ethics, and the Wildness of Wild Animals; Abstract; 1 Introduction.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 179.3; Philosophy; Animal welfare -- Moral and ethical aspects; PHILOSOPHY -- Ethics & Moral Philosophy; Animal welfare -- Moral and ethical aspects; Science -- Environmental Science; Science -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- General; The environment; Zoology & animal sciences; Philosophy of nature; Environmental sciences; Zoology; Philosophy -- Reference; Philosophy; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319442068; 3319442066
• Related ISBNs: 9783319442051; 3319442058
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed September 30, 2016).
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