Subhuman: the moral psychology of human attitudes to animals

This work provides an account of the moral psychology behind our attitudes to animals. Its main thesis is that behind both our positive and negative attitudes to animals is an underlying concern that animals pose a threat to our humanness. The author takes an interdisciplinary approach, drawing from...

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Main Author: Kasperbauer, T. J. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Oxford University Press [2017]
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Online Access:UBM01
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Summary:This work provides an account of the moral psychology behind our attitudes to animals. Its main thesis is that behind both our positive and negative attitudes to animals is an underlying concern that animals pose a threat to our humanness. The author takes an interdisciplinary approach, drawing from research in philosophy, neuroscience, psychology, law, history, sociology, economics, and anthropology
Item Description:Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: December 2017. - Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource
ISBN:9780190695842
DOI:10.1093/oso/9780190695811.001.0001

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