Animal Minds and Animal Ethics

Markus Wild

ISBN 10: 3837624625 / ISBN 13: 9783837624625

Published by Transcript Verlag, DE, 2013

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Animal minds and animal ethics - different origins, connecting similarities. Philosophers working on questions of animal ethics usually draw on research into animal cognition and subscribe to strong positions regarding animal minds. Whereas philosophers interested in the question of animal minds sometimes draw ethical conclusions from the positions they argue for. In spite of such overlaps, these two areas of research have grown up separately. One reason for this separation stems from the institutional distinction between theoretical and practical philosophy.The principal aim of this anthology is to build bridges between the fields and different philosophical approaches of animal ethics and of animal minds and cognition.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Animal Minds and Animal Ethics
• Publisher: Transcript Verlag, DE
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3837624625
• ISBN 13: 9783837624625
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 992 grams

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Synopsis

Animal minds and animal ethics – different origins, connecting similarities. Philosophers working on questions of animal ethics usually draw on research into animal cognition and subscribe to strong positions regarding animal minds. Whereas philosophers interested in the question of animal minds sometimes draw ethical conclusions from the positions they argue for. In spite of such overlaps, these two areas of research have grown up separately. One reason for this separation stems from the institutional distinction between theoretical and practical philosophy.
The principal aim of this anthology is to build bridges between the fields and different philosophical approaches of animal ethics and of animal minds and cognition.

About the Authors

Klaus Petrus (PD Dr. phil.) ist Publizist und Mitbegründer des Büros für Mensch-Tier-Beziehungen (METIBE) in Bern.

Markus Wild is professor of philosophy at the University of Basel. He is the author of, among others, »Tierphilosophie« (2008).