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Record Nr.

UNINA9910349550203321

Autore

Hadley John

Titolo

Animal Neopragmatism : From Welfare to Rights / / by John Hadley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2019

ISBN

9783030259808

3030259803

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (192 pages)

Disciplina

179.3

Soggetti

Ethics

Language and languages - Philosophy

Animal welfare - Moral and ethical aspects

Pragmatism

Social sciences - Philosophy

Moral Philosophy and Applied Ethics

Philosophy of Language

Animal Ethics

Social Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction -- 2. The Political Problem of Welfare -- 3. The Philosophical Problem of Welfare -- 4. Relational Hedonism -- 5. Responses to the Welfare Problems -- 6. Two Problems for Animal Rights Theory -- 7. Objections to Animal Neopragmatism -- 8. Welfare, Rights, and Pragmatism.

Sommario/riassunto

This book affords a neopragmatic theory of animal ethics, taking its lead from American Pragmatism to place language at the centre of philosophical analysis. Following a method traceable to Dewey, Wittgenstein and Rorty, Hadley argues that many enduring puzzles about human interactions with animals can be 'dissolved' by understanding why people use terms like dignity, respect, naturalness, and inherent value. Hadley shifts the debate about animal welfare and rights from its current focus upon contentious claims about value and



animal mindedness, to the vocabulary people use to express their concern for the suffering and lives of animals. With its emphasis on public concern for animals, animal neopragmatism is a uniquely progressive and democratic theory of animal ethics.