Animal Ethics and the Autonomous Animal Self

Author:   Natalie Thomas
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2016
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Pages:   177
Publication Date:   21 April 2021
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"""This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature""--Verso of title page."

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Author:   Natalie Thomas
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2016
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9781349934669


ISBN 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   Availability explained
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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)


“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)


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Natalie 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.

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