Corporal Compassion - Animal Ethics and Philosophy of Body

Most approaches to animal ethics ground the moral standing of nonhumans in some appeal to their capacities for intelligent autonomy or mental sentience. Corporal Compassion emphasizes the phenomenal and somatic commonality of living beings; a philosophy of body that seeks to displace any notion of anthropomorphic empathy in viewing the moral experiences of nonhuman living beings.

About the author

Ralph R. Acampora is associate professor of philosophy at Hofstra University. He is co-editor of A Nietzchean Bestiary and a member of the editorial board for Anthrozoos.

Product details

• Authors: Ralph Acampora, Ralph R Acampora
• Publisher: University Of Pittsburgh Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.11.2014
• EAN: 9780822963233
• ISBN: 978-0-8229-6323-3
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 151 mm x 228 mm x 17 mm
• Weight: 349 g
• Subjects: Guides > Nature; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works