A New Basis for Animal Ethics

Telos and Common Sense

Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Science, Other Sciences, Applied Sciences, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Ethics & Moral Philosophy
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Author: Bernard E. Rollin ISBN: 9780826273666
Publisher: University of Missouri Press Publication: January 30, 2017
Imprint: University of Missouri Language: English
Author: Bernard E. Rollin
ISBN: 9780826273666
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Publication: January 30, 2017
Imprint: University of Missouri
Language: English

This book, the culmination of forty years of theorizing about the moral status of animals, explicates and justifies society’s moral obligation to animals in terms of the commonsense metaphysics and ethics ofAristotle’s concept of telos. Rollin uses this concept to assert that humans have a responsibility to treat animals ethically. Aristotle used the concept, from the Greek word for "end" or "purpose," as the core explanatory concept for the world we live in. We understand what an animal is by what it does. This is the nature of an animal, and helps us understand our obligations to animals.
 

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This book, the culmination of forty years of theorizing about the moral status of animals, explicates and justifies society’s moral obligation to animals in terms of the commonsense metaphysics and ethics ofAristotle’s concept of telos. Rollin uses this concept to assert that humans have a responsibility to treat animals ethically. Aristotle used the concept, from the Greek word for "end" or "purpose," as the core explanatory concept for the world we live in. We understand what an animal is by what it does. This is the nature of an animal, and helps us understand our obligations to animals.
 

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