Wild Animal Ethics: The Moral and Political Problem of Wild Animal Suffering

ISBN-13: 9780367275709 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 100 str.

Kyle Johannsen

Opis

Using concepts from moral and political philosophy to analyze the question of wild animal suffering, Kyle Johannsen explores how a collective, institutional obligation to assist wild animals should be understood.

Spis treści

1. Introduction  2. What’s so Good about Nature?  3. A Collective Obligation to Intervene  4. To Assist or Not to Assist? Assessing the Risks of Humanitarian Intervention in Nature  5. Editing Nature  6. Intervention and Animal Rights Advocacy

O autorze

Kyle Johannsen is Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Queen's University, Kingston. He is primarily interested in social and political philosophy, and in animal and environmental ethics. His first monograph – A Conceptual Investigation of Justice – was published with Routledge in 2018, and his work has appeared in journals such as Dialogue, Environmental Values, Ethical Perspectives, Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, and Res Publica.