A Critique of the Moral Defense of Vegetarianism

1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-349-71708-8
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US

Buch, Englisch, 178 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 2534 g

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.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Naturphilosophie, Philosophie und Evolution

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.