Animal minds and human morals : the origins of the Western debate / Richard Sorabji.

Author/creator Sorabji, Richard
Format Book
Publication InfoIthaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, ©1993.
Description267 pages ; 24 cm.
Subjects

SeriesCornell studies in classical philology ; v. 54. The Townsend lectures
Cornell studies in classical philology ; v. 54.
Cornell studies in classical philology. Townsend lectures.
Contents Mind -- Crisis: the denial of reason to animals -- Perceptual content expanded -- Concepts and perceptual appearance without reason or belief -- Memory, preparation and emotion without rational belief -- Forms, universals and abstraction in animals -- Shifting concept of reason -- Speech, skills, inference and other proofs of reason -- Plants and animals -- Morals -- Responsibility, justice and reason -- Oikeiosis and bonding between rational beings -- Did the Greeks have the idea of human or animal rights? -- Anarchy and contracts between rational beings -- Religious sacrifice and meat-eating -- Augustine on irrational animals and the Christian tradition -- One-dimensionality of ethical theories.
Local noteLittle-293781--305130046635-
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 221-232) and indexes.
LCCN 93025811
ISBN080142948X

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Joyner General Stacks B187.M55 S67 1993 ✔ Available Place Hold