Animals and why they matter / Mary Midgley.

  • Midgley, Mary, 1919-2018.
Date:
[1983], ©1983
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Publication/Creation

Athens, Ga. : University of Georgia Press, [1983], ©1983.

Physical description

158 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Getting animals in focus -- Competition is real but limited -- Emotion, emotiveness and sentimentality -- The rationalist tradition (1): absolute dismissal -- The rationalist tradition (2): interests, rights, and language -- Equality and outer darkness -- Women, animals and other awkward cases -- Sentience and social claims -- The significance of species -- The mixed community -- What is anthropomorphism? -- The subjectivity and consciousness of animals -- What can matter to us?

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    Medical Collection
    BJ1012 1984M5a
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ISBN

  • 0820320412