Frances Power Cobbe

This Element introduces the philosophy of Frances Power Cobbe (1822-1904), a very well-known moral theorist, advocate of animal welfare and women's rights, and critic of Darwinism and atheism in the Victorian era.

Sommario

Introduction; 1. Cobbe's Life, Writings, and Context; 2. Moral Theory; 3. Rights of Women; 4. The Claims of Animals; 5. Philosophy of Mind; 6. Criticisms of Evolutionary Ethics; 7. Heteropathy and Sympathy; 8. Against Atheism; 9. Duties of Women; 10. Anti-Vivisection and Zoophily; 11. How Cobbe Became Forgotten; Conclusion.

Info autore

Alison Stone has published six full-length collections and three chapbooks. Her poems have appeared in The Paris Review, New York Quarterly, Poetry, Ploughshares, Barrow Street, Poet Lore, and many other journals and anthologies. She has been awarded Poetry's Frederick Bock Prize and New York Quarterly's Madeline Sadin Award. She is also a painter and the creator of The Stone Tarot. A licensed psychotherapist, she has private practices in NYC and Nyack.

Riassunto

This Element introduces the philosophy of Frances Power Cobbe (1822-1904), a very well-known moral theorist, advocate of animal welfare and women's rights, and critic of Darwinism and atheism in the Victorian era.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Alison Stone, Alison (Lancaster University) Stone, Stone Alison
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.05.2022
• EAN: 9781009160971
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0916097-1
• Pagine: 75
• Serie: Elements on Women in the History of Philosophy
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Filosofia: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Filosofia; PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General, Feminism & feminist theory, Western philosophy from c 1800, Western philosophy: c 1600 to c 1900, Feminism and feminist theory