The Feminist Care Tradition in Animal Ethics (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780231140393)

In Beyond Animal Rights, Josephine Donovan and Carol J. Adams introduced feminist "ethic of care" theory into philosophical discussions of the treatment of animals. In this new volume, seven essays from Beyond Animal Rights are joined by nine new articles-most of which were written in response to that book-and a new introduction that situates feminist animal care theory within feminist theory and the larger debate over animal rights. Contributors critique theorists' reliance on natural rights doctrine and utilitarianism, which, they suggest, have a masculine bias. They argue for ethical attentiveness and sympathy in our relationships with animals and propose a link between the continuing subjugation of women and the human domination of nature. Beginning with the earliest articulation of the idea in the mid-1980s and continuing to the theory's most recent revisions, this volume presents the most complete portrait of the evolution of the feminist-care tradition.

Author: Josephine Donovan
ISBN-10: 0231140398
ISBN-13: 9780231140393
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Language: English
Published: 12/06/2007
Pages: 400
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.43w x 0.84d