Animals, Emotion, and Morality  -  B. A. Dixon

Marking the Boundary

KORTE INHOUD

"It seems obvious that animals have emotions. Dogs bark with excitement when their masters return home, cats hiss aggressively at the approach of a stranger, and even wild chimps exhibit empathy toward one another. Our ordinary ways of talking about animals suggest that animals and humans are emotional kin." "In this fascinating exploration of our emotional kinship with animals, philosopher B.A. Dixon invites the reader to consider what is philosophically controversial about the idea that animals have emoti...
2008 Taal: Engels zie alle details...

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2008 Uitgever: Prometheus 240 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 1591026296 ISBN-13: 9781591026297