Humanism, anti-humanism, and nonhuman animals
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Coghlan, Simon. (2016). Humanism, anti-humanism, and nonhuman animals. Society and Animals. 24(4), pp. 403 - 419. https://doi.org/10.1163/15685306-12341416
Authors | Coghlan, Simon |
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Abstract | Many attacks against the anthropocentric prejudice that nonhuman animals have a slight or impoverished ethical subjecthood are also attacks on the humanistic idea of human moral uniqueness. This essay examines a way of overturning that anthropocentric prejudice by deploying certain conceptual resources of an expansive ethical humanism. Although this may appear to be a strange route to that destination, the suggestion is raised that this approach might significantly enrich our conception of nonhumans as ethical subjects. |
Keywords | anthropocentrism; humanism; posthumanism; anti-humanism; ethical subjecthood; murder; remorse |
Year | 2016 |
Journal | Society and Animals |
Journal citation | 24 (4), pp. 403 - 419 |
Publisher | Brill |
ISSN | 1063-1119 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1163/15685306-12341416 |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-84984710881 |
Page range | 403 - 419 |
Research Group | School of Philosophy |
Publisher's version | File Access Level Controlled |
Place of publication | Netherlands |
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