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Record Nr.

UNINA9910731489303321

Autore

Humphreys Rebekah

Titolo

Animals, Ethics, and Language : The Philosophy of Meaningful Communication in the Lives of Animals / / by Rebekah Humphreys

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2023

ISBN

3-031-32080-8

9783031320804

Edizione

[1st ed. 2023.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (202 pages)

Collana

The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series, , 2634-6680

Disciplina

179.3

Soggetti

Animal welfare—Moral and ethical aspects

Language and languages—Philosophy

Philosophy of mind

Cognition in animals

Animal Ethics

Philosophy of Language

Philosophy of Mind

Animal Cognition

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction: Anthropomorphism and Animal Ethics -- 2. Anthropomorphous Animals and Philosophy -- 3. Moral Standing and Human Exceptionalism -- 4. Critical Anthropomorphism -- 5. Language and ‘Moral Anthropomorphism’ -- 6. Going Home: Returning from Posthumanism via a Defence of Identity as Continuity -- 7. The Application of Key Concepts. .

Sommario/riassunto

With an ever-growing body of evidence on the links between different oppressions, never have the debates in Critical Animal Studies surrounding intersectionality in relation to animal ethics been more important. In particular, the arguments related to anthropomorphic attributes of mentality to other than humans promise to provide fruitful new ground for re-assessing human-animal relations. This book maps the central debates surrounding anthropomorphism in relation to our descriptions of animals, their lives, animal mentality, and meaningful



communication in the nonhuman world. Rebekah Humphreys synthesizes the work of critical animal theorists, philosophers, and cognitive ethologists, and provides a critical account of how the debates concerning anthropomorphism play a key role in a proper understanding of animal ethics. Rebekah Humphreys is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy and Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy at the University of Wales-Trinity Saint David, UK.