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Animal pragmatism : rethinking human-nonhuman relationships

Includes essays that address concerns at the intersection of pragmatist philosophy and animal welfare. This title covers such topics as moral consideration of animals, the ethics of animal experimentation, institutional animal care, environmental protection of animal habitat, farm animal welfare, animal communication, and animal morals.
Print Book, English, ©2004
Indiana University Press, Bloomington, IN, ©2004
Internet resource
xii, 254 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
9780253344229, 9780253216939, 0253344220, 0253216931
53879472
Pragmatism and the future of human-nonhuman relationships / Andrew Light and Erin McKenna
"What does Rome know of rat and lizard?": pragmatic mandates for considering animals in Emerson, James, and Dewey / James M. Albrecht
Dewey and animal ethics / Steven Fesmire
Overlapping horizons of meaning: a Deweyan approach to moral standing of nonhuman animals / Phillip McReynolds
Peirce's horse: a sympathetic and semeiotic bond / Douglas R. Anderson
Beyond considerability: a Deweyan view of the animal rights-environmental ethics debate / Ben A. Minteer
Methodological pragmatism, animal welfare, and hunting / Andrew Light
Getting pragmatic about farm animal welfare /Paul B. Thompson
Pragmatism and the production of livestock / Erin McKenna
Is pragmatism chauvinistic? Dewey on animal experimentation / Jennifer Welchman
A pragmatist case for animal advocates on institutional animal care and use committees / Todd M. Lekan
Pragmatism and pets: Best Friends Animal Sanctuary, Maddie's Fund, and No More Homeless Pets in Utah / Matthew Pamental
Dining on Fido: death, identity, and the aesthetic dilemma of eating animals / Glenn Kuehn