Animals, Ethics, and Language: The Philosophy of Meaningful Communication in the Lives of Animals

by Rebekah Humphreys
July 2023

Animals, Ethics, and Language: The Philosophy of Meaningful Communication in the Lives of Animals pdf

With an ever-growing body of evidence on the links between different oppressions, never have the debates in Critical Animal Studies surrounding intersectionality in relation to animal ethics been more important. In particular, the arguments related to anthropomorphic attributes of mentality to other than humans promise to provide fruitful new ground for re-assessing human-animal relations. This book maps the central debates surrounding anthropomorphism in relation to our descriptions of animals, their lives, animal mentality, and meaningful communication in the nonhuman world. Rebekah Humphreys synthesizes the work of critical animal theorists, philosophers, and cognitive ethologists, and provides a critical account of how the debates concerning anthropomorphism play a key role in a proper understanding of animal ethics.

• Applies the findings of cognitive ethology to animal ethics
• Synthesizes the work of critical animal theorists, philosophers, and cognitive ethologists
• Explores how the debates concerning anthropomorphism plays a key role in understanding of animal ethics

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