Smith A Critique of the Moral Defense of Vegetarianism

1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-137-55489-5
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 178 Seiten, eBook

Drawing on research in plant science, systems ecology, environmental philosophy, and cultural anthropology, Andrew F. Smith shatters the distinction between vegetarianism and omnivorism. The book outlines the implications that these manufactured distinctions have for how we view food and ourselves as eaters.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Smith, Andrew F.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Unsettling Questions

2. Plant Sentience

3. Animism

4. The Closed Loop

5. Two Objections, One Accommodation

6. Loose Ends

Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Andrew F. Smith is an assistant professor of English and philosophy at Drexel University, USA. His current research is in environmental philosophy and social and political philosophy. His first book is The Deliberative Impulse: Motivating Discourse in Divided Societies (2011), and he has published broadly on rationality, religion in the public sphere, biblical literalism, homelessness, and food deserts.