How do we understand the dignity and value of non-human animals? Leading philosophers, ethnologists and writers contribute to this interdisciplinary and wide-ranging account of animal dignity.
With a foreword by world-leading primatologist, Dr. Jane Goodall DBE, essays collected here make the case for applying the concept of dignity beyond its usual humanist framework and introduce readers to animal dignity in history, law, science, philosophy, and literature. United in recognizing the dignity of non-human animals, these essays suggest how we might ensure a flourishing environment in times of ecological destruction and climate breakdown. Historians, primatologists, philosophers, novelists and artists approach the concept of animal dignity creatively, offering interpretations that are academically rigorous, alongside ones that are personal and literary. This variety of engagement knits together a fruitful way forward for progressive relations between all species.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-Title Page
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- List of Contributors
- Foreword, Memories of Greybeard, Dr. Jane Goodall, DBE
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Prelude I: Frogs
- Beginning with Dignity
- Part One Defining the Concept: What is Dignity?
- Summary
- Prelude II: 33,000 Birds
- 1 A Place for Animals? Rethinking the History of Human Dignity
- 2 Philosophical Approaches to Dignity, and their Applicability to Non-Human Animals
- Part Two Approaches to Dignity: What are the Grounds for Animal Dignity?
- Summary
- Prelude III: Ways of Seeing an Octopus
- 3 On Standing
- 4 Wild Dignity
- 5 Dignity in Dogs
- 6 The Heart of the Scorpion
- 7 ‘An Old Joy’: Ways of Attending to Dignity
- 8 Dignity in Their World
- Part Three Forms of Dignity: Are There Separate Cultural Conceptions of Animal Dignity?
- Summary
- Prelude IV: Lead Me into Thy Nest
- 9 Killing Dogs in Zambia: Prospects for Ubuntu
- 10 Let All Beings Be Happy: Dignity and Prana, the Vital Force in Indian Thought
- 11 Two-Eyed Seeing: Animal Dignity through Indigenous and Western Lenses
- 12 Dignity in Non-Humans: A Theological Perspective
- Part Four Dignity in Practice: What Work Can Animal Dignity Do?
- Summary
- Prelude V: The Last Safe Habitat
- 13 Extending the Capabilities Approach to Non-Human Animals
- 14 Beyond Animal Welfare: Respecting Animal Dignity in Continental Law
- 15 Animal Dignity as More-Than-Welfarism
- 16 Dignity: A Concept for All Species
- 17 Four Legs Good, Three Legs Bad? The Aesthetics of Animal Dignity
- 18 Looking Up to Animals and Other Beings: What the Fishes Taught Us
- 19 Dignity, Respect, and the Education of Biologists
- Afterthoughts
- Prelude VI: Characteristics of Life
- Ways Forward
- Index
- Copyright
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