Animal pragmatism : rethinking human-nonhuman relationships / / edited by Erin McKenna and Andrew Light

• Pubblicazione: Bloomington, IN, : Indiana University Press, c2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (271 p.)
• Disciplina: 179/.3
• Soggetto topico: Pragmatism; Human-animal relationships; Human ecology - United States
• Altri autori: McKennaErin <1965-> LightAndrew <1966->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; TOC; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Pragmatism and the Future of Human-Nonhuman Relationships; 1. "What Does Rome Know of Rat and Lizard?": Pragmatic Mandates for Considering Animals in Emerson, James, and Dewey; 2. Dewey and Animal Ethics; 3. Overlapping Horizons of Meaning: A Deweyan Approach to the Moral Standing of Nonhuman Animals; 4. Peirce's Horse: A Sympathetic and Semiotic Bond; 5. Beyond Considerability: A Deweyan View of the Animal Rights-Environmental Ethics Debate; 6. Methodological Pragmatism, Animal Welfare, and Hunting ; 7. Getting Pragmatic about Farm Animal Welfare 8. Pragmatism and the Production of Livestock; 9. Is Pragmatism Chauvinistic? Dewey on Animal Experimentation; 10. A Pragmatist Case for Animal Advocates on Institutional Animal Care and Use Committees; 11. Pragmatism and Pets: Best Friends Animal Sanctuary, Maddie's FundSM, and No More Homeless Pets in Utah; 12. Dining on Fido: Death, Identity, and the Aesthetic Dilemma of Eating Animals; Contributors; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: What does American pragmatism contribute to contemporary debates about human-animal relationships? Does it acknowledge our connections to all living things? Does it bring us closer to an ethical treatment of all animals? What about hunting, vegetarianism, animal experimentation, and the welfare of farm animals? While questions about human relations with animals have been with us for millennia, there has been a marked rise in public awareness about animal issues -- even McDonald's advertises that they
• Titolo autorizzato: Animal pragmatism
• ISBN: 9786612072246; 1-282-07224-2; 0-253-11027-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910809122103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II