Animal Minds, Animal Souls, Animal Rights
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- 2010
Summary
Animal Minds, Animal Souls, Animal Rights explores the thinking of philosophers and theologians about controversies concerning animal consciousness and animal rights. The book presents Bernard Lonergan's theory about consciousness and the operations of the mind-a theory about two types of knowing and desiring: one shared by humans and animals, and the other, which depends on the activity of asking questions, possessed by humans alone. The author tests this theory against present-day research with apes, and examines religious claims, historical and current, about animals. Animal Minds, Animal Souls, Animal Rights concludes by laying a philosophical and theological foundation for a contemporary ethic in which humans are obligated to exercise intelligent stewardship and ensure the compassionate treatment of animals.
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Bibliographic data
- Copyright year
- 2010
- ISBN-Print
- 978-0-7618-5177-6
- ISBN-Online
- 978-0-7618-5178-3
- Publisher
- Hamilton Books, Lanham
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 155
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Table of contents
- Table of Contents No access
- Tables and Figures No access
- Preface No access
- Acknowledgments No access
- Chapter 1: Animal Interests No access Pages 1 - 12
- Chapter 2: Animal Beliefs and Desires No access Pages 13 - 26
- Chapter 3: Consciousness and Cognition No access Pages 27 - 40
- Chapter 4: Desires and Values No access Pages 41 - 48
- Chapter 5: Human and Animal Minds No access Pages 49 - 70
- Chapter 6: Animal Rights No access Pages 71 - 76
- Chapter 7: God's Rights No access Pages 77 - 86
- Chapter 8: Animal Souls No access Pages 87 - 90
- Chapter 9: The Bible No access Pages 91 - 96
- Chapter 10: Animals in Western Thought No access Pages 97 - 106
- Chapter 11: Beyond Animal Rights: A Delicate Stewardship No access Pages 107 - 118
- Appendix: Synagogues, Churches, and Religions No access Pages 119 - 126
- Notes No access Pages 127 - 138
- Bibliography No access Pages 139 - 148
- Index No access Pages 149 - 154
- About the Author No access Pages 155 - 155





