Language, ethics and animal life : Wittgenstein and beyond /: Wittgenstein and beyond. (2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Niklas Forsberg, Mikel Burley and Nora Hämäläinen.
• Editors: Forsberg, Niklas; Burley, Mikel, 1972-; Hämäläinen, Nora
• Contents: Humanizing nonhumans: ape language research as critique of metaphysics / Pär Segerdahl -- Ethics and language: what we owe to speakers / David Cockburn -- The difficulty of language: Wittgenstein on animals and humans / Nancy E. Baker -- Rape among scorpionflies, spouse abuse among the praying mantis and other 'reproductive strategies' in the animal and human world / Olli Lagerspetz -- Three perspectives on altruism / Ylva Gustafsson -- Talking about emotions / Camilla Kronqvist -- Man as a moral animal: moral language-games, certainty and the emotions / Julia Hermann -- Living with animals, living as an animal / Anne Le Goff -- What's wrong with a bite of dog? / Rami Gudovitch -- Second nature and animal life / Stefano Di Brisco -- Wittgenstein, wonder and attention to animals / Mikel Burley -- Honour, dignity and the realm of meaning / Nora Hämäläinen -- W.G. Sebald and the ethics of narrative / Alice Crary.
• Publisher Details: New York : Bloomsbury Publishing
• Publication Date: 2012
• Copyright Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource (ix, 235 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 171.2; Human-animal relationships -- Moral and ethical aspects; Animal welfare -- Moral and ethical aspects; Animal behavior; Animal communication; Animal psychology; PHILOSOPHY -- Ethics & Moral Philosophy; Animal behavior; Animal communication; Animal psychology; Animal welfare -- Moral and ethical aspects; Human-animal relationships -- Moral and ethical aspects; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781441164629; 1441164626
• Related ISBNs: 9781441140555; 1441140557; 9781628922363; 1628922362
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.