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UNINA9910463031303321 |
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Hallas Herbert C. <1937-> |
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William Almon Wheeler : political star of the north country / / Herbert C. Hallas |
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Albany : , : State University of New York Press, , [2013] |
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©2013 |
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1-4619-4545-3 |
1-4384-4811-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (365 p.) |
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Vice-Presidents - United States |
Legislators - United States |
Electronic books. |
United States Politics and government 1877-1881 |
United States Politics and government 1869-1877 |
New York (State) Politics and government 1865-1950 |
New York (State) Politics and government 1775-1865 |
Malone (N.Y.) Biography |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Tragedy in Malone -- The making of a "cultivated" man -- Love and the new district attorney -- "Here lies an honest man" -- "Old hunkerism" is dead -- A "mere act of justice" -- "Grinding" it out in Albany -- A pen "dipped in gall" -- An early morning knock on the door -- Suddenly, a "junior partner" -- A sporting gentleman gets the itch -- "True to our trust, true to ourselves, and true to the truth" -- "Ho! For California" -- Spreading "law, order, population, industry and wealth" -- "Common justice" for the south -- Returning the salary grab -- No "unproductive and useless park" -- An "earnest champion of the right" -- The "New York Lincoln" -- "God's hand is in this work" -- "Hayes the true and Wheeler, too!" -- "As righteous as an edict of God" -- "A wild and joyous time" -- The frozen snake and the "greatest of humbugs" |
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-- "The machine always slaughters its new converts" -- Delivering a "paroxysm of partisan fury" -- U.S. Senate election round one: the double-cross -- U.S. Senate election round two: caught in a crossfire -- "Distressing malady of my bladder" -- Negotiating "simple justice" -- Epilogue: from "sterling gold" to neurotic timidity. |
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UNISA996248299603316 |
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Autore |
McKenna Erin <1965-> |
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Pets, people, and pragmatism / / Erin McKenna |
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New York, NY : , : Fordham University Press, , [2013] |
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©2013 |
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0-8232-5240-X |
0-8232-5288-4 |
0-8232-5116-0 |
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[First edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xii, 247 pages) |
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Animals (Philosophy) |
Human-animal relationships |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Understanding domestication and various philosophical views -- Horses -- American pragmatism -- Dogs -- Cats -- Conclusion: Making things better. |
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Pets, People, and Pragmatism examines human relationships with pets without assuming that such relations are either benign or unnatural and to be avoided. The book addresses a lack of respect in pet–people relationships; for respectful relationships to be a real possibility, however, humans must make the effort to understand the beings with which we live, work, and play.American pragmatism understands that humans and other animal beings have been interacting and transforming each other for thousands of years. There is nothing “unnatural” about the human domestication of other animal beings, though domestication does raise specific practical and ethical questions. A pragmatist account of our relationship with those animal |
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beings commonly considered as pets does not prohibit the use of these beings in research, entertainment, competition, or work. It does, however, find abuse and neglect ethical.Because abuse can occur in any use of other animal beings, this pragmatist account takes up the abusive practices in research, entertainment, competition, and work without arguing that these practices are inherently abusive. Some of the sources of abuse have been addressed by utilitarian and deontological accounts, but a pragmatist evolutionary perspective offers unique insights and results in some surprising conclusions: For instance, there may be an ethical obligation to let a horse race, a dog show, or a cat compete in agility.Pets, People, and Pragmatism embarks on a philosophical journey that will captivate scholars and pet enthusiasts alike. It provides an important contribution to longstanding debates in the area of animal issues and strengthens the idea of multiple approaches to nonhuman beings. It also opens space for approaches that challenge some of the assumptions in the field of philosophy that have resulted in a dualistic and hierarchical approach to metaphysics and ethics. |
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