1st Edition
Animals, Rights and Reason in Plutarch and Modern Ethics
By Stephen T. Newmyer
Copyright 2006
156 Pages
by
Routledge
156 Pages
by
Routledge
160 Pages
by
Routledge
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This groundbreaking volume explores Plutarch's unique survival in the argument that animals are rational and sentient, and that we, as humans, must take notice of their interests.
Exploring Plutarch's three animal-related treatises, as well as passages from his ethical treatises, Stephen Newmyer examines arguments that, strikingly, foreshadow those found in the works of such prominent animal... Read more
1. Introduction: The Ancients and the Moderns 2. The Nature of the Beast: The Search for Animal Rationality 3. Just Beasts: Animal Morality and Human Justice 4. Feeling Beastley: Pain, Pleasure, and the Animal Estate 5. Beauty in the Beast: Cooperation, Altruism, and Philanthropy among Animals 6. Animal Appetites: Vegetarianism and Human Morality 7. Conclusion
Biography
Stephen T. Newmyer is Professor of Classics at Duquesne University and has published numerous articles on ethical issues relating to the treatment of animals in ancient literary and philosophical texts.
