Strangers to Nature: Animal Lives and Human Ethics
Author(s): Gregory R. Smulewicz-Zucker (Editor), Drucilla Cornell (Contributor), Julian H. Franklin (Contributor), Heather M. Kendrick (Contributor), Eduardo Mendieta Pennsylvania State Univer (Contributor), Andrew Linzey (Contributor), Paola Cavalieri (Contributor), Rod Preece (Contributor), Ted Benton (Contributor), Michael J. Thompson William Paterson University (Contributor), Michael Allen Fox (Contributor), Lori Gruen William Griffin Professor (Contributor), Ralph R. Acampora (Contributor), Bernard Rollin (Contributor), Peter Sloterdijk (Contributor)
Publisher: Lexington Books
Publication Date: 22 Mar. 2012
Edition: 1st
Language: English
Print length: 294 pages
ISBN-10: 0739145479
ISBN-13: 9780739145470
Book Description
Strangers to Nature challenges a reading public that has grown complacent with the standard framework of the animal ethics debate. Human influence on, and the control of, the natural world has greater consequences than ever, making the human impact on the lives of animals more evident. We cannot properly interrogate our conduct in the world without a deeper understanding of how our actions affect animals. It is crucial that the human-animal relationship become more central to ethical inquiry. This volume brings together many of the leading scholars who work to redefine and expand the discourse on animal ethics. The contributors examine the radical developments that change how we think about the status of non-human animals in our society and our moral obligations. Strangers to Nature will engage both scholars and lay-people by revealing the breadth of theorizing about current human/non-human animal relationships.
Editorial Reviews
Review
A fine collection of essays representing a wide range of views on animal ethics.
A stimulating collection of essays that reexamine, refine, and in some cases refute major philosophical arguments concerning animal treatment, thereby advancing animal ethical theory on a number of fronts.
About the Author
Gregory Smulewicz-Zucker is the Managing Editor of Logos: A Journal of Modern Society and Culture.
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