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Overview"""This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature""--Verso of title page." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Natalie ThomasPublisher: Palgrave Macmillan Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Edition: 1st ed. 2016 Weight: 0.454kg ISBN: 9781349934669ISBN 10: 1349934666 Pages: 177 Publication Date: 21 April 2021 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviewsIn this well-researched examination of animal selfhood, Thomas ... explores the designation of 'self' as reserved for humans only. She identifies agency, self-awareness, and autonomy as the grounds for ownership of direct moral obligation, and she points out that some animals possess some of these characteristics. ... Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty. (M. A. Betz, Choice, Vol. 54 (10), June, 2017) In this well-researched examination of animal selfhood, Thomas ... explores the designation of `self' as reserved for humans only. She identifies agency, self-awareness, and autonomy as the grounds for ownership of direct moral obligation, and she points out that some animals possess some of these characteristics. ... Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty. (M. A. Betz, Choice, Vol. 54 (10), June, 2017) “In this well-researched examination of animal selfhood, Thomas … explores the designation of ‘self’ as reserved for humans only. She identifies agency, self-awareness, and autonomy as the grounds for ownership of direct moral obligation, and she points out that some animals possess some of these characteristics. … Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty.” (M. A. Betz, Choice, Vol. 54 (10), June, 2017) Author InformationNatalie Thomas teaches Philosophy, Ethics and Media Studies at the University of Guelph-Humber, in Toronto, Canada. She is an Associate Fellow of the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics, UK. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |