Dumb Beasts and Dead Philosophers

Humanity and the Humane in Ancient Philosophy and Literature

Szerző: Catherine Osborne

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Kötés: Kemény kötésű

Kiadó: Oxford University Press

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Animal rights do not feature explicitly in ancient thought. Indeed the notion of natural rights in g...

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Szerző

Catherine Osborne

Nyelv

Angol

Kötés

Könyv - Kemény kötésű

Kiadva

2007

oldal

278

EAN

9780199282067

ISBN

0199282064

Enbook ID

05188278

Kiadó

Oxford University Press

Súly

586

Méretek

162 x 240 x 25

Teljes leírás

Animal rights do not feature explicitly in ancient thought. Indeed the notion of natural rights in general is not obviously present in the classical world. Plato and Aristotle are typically read as racist and elitist thinkers who barely recognise the humanity of their fellow humans. Surely they would be the last to show up as models of the humane view of other kinds? In this unusual philosophy book, Catherine Osborne asks the reader to think again. She shows that Plato's views on reincarnation and Aristotle's views on the souls of plants and animals reveal a continuous thread of life in which humans are not morally superior to beasts; Greek tragedy turns up thoughts that mirror the claims of rights activists when they speak for the voiceless; the Desert Fathers teach us to admire the natural perceptiveness of animals rather than the corrupt ways of urban man; the long tradition of arguments for vegetarianism in antiquity highlights how mankind's abuse of other animals is the more offensive the more it is for indulgent ends. What, then, is the humane attitude, and why is it better? How does the humane differ from the sentimental? Is there a truth about how we should treat animals? By reflecting on the work of the ancient poets and philosophers, Osborne argues, we can see when and how we lost touch with the natural intelligence of dumb animals.

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