Pets, People, and Pragmatism / Erin McKenna.
McKenna, Erin, author.
2013
B105.A55 M38 2013eb
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Title Pets, People, and Pragmatism / Erin McKenna.
Author McKenna, Erin, author.
ISBN 9780823252404
DOI https://doi.org/10.1515/9780823252404
Published New York, NY : Fordham University Press, [2013]
Copyright ©2013
Language English
Language Note In English.
Description 1 online resource (264 p.)
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1515/9780823252404 doi
Call Number B105.A55 M38 2013eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 179/.3
Summary Pets, People, and Pragmatism examines human relationships with pets without assuming that such relations are either benign or unnatural and to be avoided. The book addresses a lack of respect in pet-people relationships; for respectful relationships to be a real possibility, however, humans must make the effort to understand the beings with which we live, work, and play.American pragmatism understands that humans and other animal beings have been interacting and transforming each other for thousands of years. There is nothing "unnatural" about the human domestication of other animal beings, though domestication does raise specific practical and ethical questions. A pragmatist account of our relationship with those animal beings commonly considered as pets does not prohibit the use of these beings in research, entertainment, competition, or work. It does, however, find abuse and neglect ethical.Because abuse can occur in any use of other animal beings, this pragmatist account takes up the abusive practices in research, entertainment, competition, and work without arguing that these practices are inherently abusive. Some of the sources of abuse have been addressed by utilitarian and deontological accounts, but a pragmatist evolutionary perspective offers unique insights and results in some surprising conclusions: For instance, there may be an ethical obligation to let a horse race, a dog show, or a cat compete in agility.Pets, People, and Pragmatism embarks on a philosophical journey that will captivate scholars and pet enthusiasts alike. It provides an important contribution to longstanding debates in the area of animal issues and strengthens the idea of multiple approaches to nonhuman beings. It also opens space for approaches that challenge some of the assumptions in the field of philosophy that have resulted in a dualistic and hierarchical approach to metaphysics and ethics.
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Series American Philosophy
In Fordham University Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2014
Fordham University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
Available in Other Form print 9780823251148
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Frontmatter
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
One. Understanding domestication and various philosophical views
Two. Horses
Three. American pragmatism
Four. Dogs
Five. Cats
Conclusion: Making things better
Bibliography
Index

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