Language, Ethics and Animal Life
Wittgenstein and Beyond
Published on 6. December 2012
Book
Hardback
240 pages
978-1-4411-4055-5 (ISBN)
Description
New research into human and animal consciousness, a heightened awareness of the methods and consequences of intensive farming, and modern concerns about animal welfare and ecology are among the factors that have made our relationship to animals an area of burning interest in contemporary philosophy. Utilizing methods inspired by Ludwig Wittgenstein, the contributors to this volume explore this area in a variety of ways. Topics discussed include: scientific vs. non-scientific ways of describing human and animal behaviour; the ethics of eating particular animal species; human nature, emotions, and instinctive reactions; responses of wonder towards the natural world; the moral relevance of literature; the concept of dignity; and the question whether non-human animals can use language. This book will be of great value to anyone interested in philosophical and interdisciplinary issues concerning language, ethics and humanity's relation to animals and the natural world.
Reviews / Votes
In sum the anthology is highly recommendable and achieves the aim to offer new ways of thinking about moral and conceptual aspects of human-animal relationships, philosophical methodology and advancement of Wittgensteinian topics, although showing varying strength in individual contributions. -- Yuliya Fadeeva * Ethical Theory and Moral Practice *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
559 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4411-4055-5 (9781441140555)
DOI
CBID167822
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Mikel Burley is Lecturer in Religion and Philosophy at the University of Leeds, UK. His previous publications include two books on Indian philosophy, and articles on, among other things, philosophy of religion, ethics, literature, and reincarnation.
Nora Haemaelaeinen is post-doctoral researcher and temporary lecturer in philosophy at the University of Helsinki, Finland, and former editor-in-chief of the Helsinki-based cultural weekly Ny Tid. She has written about ethics, literature and the nature of moral theory.
Nora Haemaelaeinen is post-doctoral researcher and temporary lecturer in philosophy at the University of Helsinki, Finland, and former editor-in-chief of the Helsinki-based cultural weekly Ny Tid. She has written about ethics, literature and the nature of moral theory.
Content
Acknowledgements
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
Niklas Forsberg
1. Humanizing Nonhumans: Ape Language Research as Critique of Metaphysics Paer Segerdahl
2. Ethics and Language: What We Owe to Speakers David Cockburn
3. The Difficulty of Language: Wittgenstein on Animals and Humans Nancy E. Baker
4. Rape among the Panorpidae, Spouse Abuse among the Mantis Religiosa, and Other 'Reproductive Strategies' in the Animal and Human World Olli Lagerspetz
5. Three Perspectives on Altruism
Ylva Gustafsson
6. Talking about Emotion
Camilla Kronqvist
7. Man as a Moral Animal: Moral Language-Games, Certainty, and the Emotions Julia Hermann
8. Living with Animals, Living as an Animal Anne Le Goff
9. What's Wrong with a Bite of Dog?
Rami Gudovitch
10. Second Nature and Animal Life
Stefano Di Brisco
11. Wittgenstein, Wonder and Attention to Animals Mikel Burley
12. Honour, Dignity and the Realm of Meaning Nora Haemaelaeinen
13. W. G. Sebald and the Ethics of Narrative Alice Crary
Bibliography
Index
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
Niklas Forsberg
1. Humanizing Nonhumans: Ape Language Research as Critique of Metaphysics Paer Segerdahl
2. Ethics and Language: What We Owe to Speakers David Cockburn
3. The Difficulty of Language: Wittgenstein on Animals and Humans Nancy E. Baker
4. Rape among the Panorpidae, Spouse Abuse among the Mantis Religiosa, and Other 'Reproductive Strategies' in the Animal and Human World Olli Lagerspetz
5. Three Perspectives on Altruism
Ylva Gustafsson
6. Talking about Emotion
Camilla Kronqvist
7. Man as a Moral Animal: Moral Language-Games, Certainty, and the Emotions Julia Hermann
8. Living with Animals, Living as an Animal Anne Le Goff
9. What's Wrong with a Bite of Dog?
Rami Gudovitch
10. Second Nature and Animal Life
Stefano Di Brisco
11. Wittgenstein, Wonder and Attention to Animals Mikel Burley
12. Honour, Dignity and the Realm of Meaning Nora Haemaelaeinen
13. W. G. Sebald and the Ethics of Narrative Alice Crary
Bibliography
Index