LEADER 04131nam 2200649Ia 450 001 9910962334903321 005 20240417042545.0 010 $a9781461919469 010 $a1461919460 010 $a9781438446714 010 $a1438446713 035 $a(CKB)2550000001040061 035 $a(EBL)3408685 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000803741 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11518435 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000803741 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10810593 035 $a(PQKB)10741152 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3408685 035 $a(OCoLC)828869689 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse34952 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3408685 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10642537 035 $a(DE-B1597)684193 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781438446714 035 $a(Perlego)2671512 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001040061 100 $a20120815d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe thou of nature $ereligious naturalism and reverence for sentient life /$fDonald A. Crosby 210 $aAlbany $cSUNY Press$dc2013 215 $a1 online resource (182 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9781438446707 311 08$a1438446705 311 08$a9781438446691 311 08$a1438446691 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aReligious naturalism and three scientific revolutions: Introduction -- The cosmological revolution -- The evolutionary revolution -- The ecological revolution -- Inwardness and awareness in nature: Introduction -- Inwardness of life and inwardness of mind -- Mind and consciousness in nature -- The range of conscious awareness on earth -- Presumptive rights and conflicts of rights: Introduction -- Rs of the thou of nature -- A scheme of presumptive natural rights -- A fourth R of the thou of nature -- Conflicts of rights -- Hunting and fishing : Introduction -- Hunting -- Fishing -- Responses to the charge of impractical idealism -- Eating and wearing: Introduction -- Using animals for food -- The vegetarian response -- Using animals for apparel and other purposes -- Other areas of responsibility and concern: Introduction -- Experimenting on animals -- Rodeos, circuses, zoos, and aquariums -- Endangered species and despoliations of natural environments -- The human population explosion -- The threat of global climate change -- A new moral and religious consciousness: Introduction -- Empowerment in religion of nature -- Objections and replies -- Principles and prescriptions. 330 $aHumans share the earth with nonhuman animals who are also capable of conscious experience and awareness. Arguing that we should develop an I-thou, not an I-it, relationship with other sentient beings, Donald A. Crosby adds a new perspective to the current debates on human/animal relations and animal rights?that of religious naturalism. Religion of Nature holds that the natural world is the only world and that there is no supernatural animus or law behind it. From this vantage point, our fellow thous are entitled to more than merely moral treatment: protection and enhancement of their continuing well-being deserves to be a central focus of religious reverence, care, and commitment as well. A set of presumptive natural rights for nonhuman animals is proposed and conflicts in applying these rights are acknowledged and considered. A wide range of situations involving humans and nonhuman animals are discussed, including hunting and fishing; eating and wearing; circuses, rodeos, zoos, and aquariums; scientific experimentation; and the threats of human technology and population growth. 606 $aHuman ecology$xReligious aspects 606 $aPhilosophy of nature 615 0$aHuman ecology$xReligious aspects. 615 0$aPhilosophy of nature. 676 $a202/.12 700 $aCrosby$b Donald A$088096 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910962334903321 996 $aThe thou of nature$94356077 997 $aUNINA