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Explores the spiritual obligations of humans to animals from a religious naturalist's perspective.

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Author:   Donald A. Crosby (Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, Colorado State University)
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
Imprint:   State University of New York Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.249kg
ISBN:  

9781438446707

ISBN 10:   1438446705
Pages:   180
Publication Date:   02 January 2014
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface 1. Religious Naturalism and Three Scientific Revolutions Introduction The Cosmological Revolution The Evolutionary Revolution The Ecological Revolution The Lesson of the Three Scientific Revolutions 2. Inwardness and Awareness in Nature Introduction Inwardness of Life and Inwardness of Mind Mind and Consciousness in Nature The Range of Conscious Awareness on Earth 3. Presumptive Rights and Conflicts of Rights Introduction Three Rs of the Thou of Nature A Scheme of Presumptive Natural Rights A Fourth R of the Thou of Nature Conflicts of Rights 4. Hunting and Fishing Introduction Hunting Fishing Responses to the Charge of Impractical Idealism 5. Eating and Wearing Introduction Using Animals for Food The Vegetarian Response Using Animals for Apparel and Other Purposes 6. Other Areas of Responsibility and Concern Introduction Experimenting on Animals Rodeos, Circuses, Zoos, and Aquariums Endangered Species and Despoliations of Natural Environments The Human Population Explosion The Threat of Global Climate Chagne 7. A New Moral and Religious Consciousness Introduction Empowerment in Religion of Nature Objections and Replies Principles and Prescriptions Notes Works Cited Index

Reviews

There is a significant amount of literature in the fields of animal ethics and environmental ethics. A large subset of this literature is from a theistic point of view. Crosby's work is unique in that he comes at these issues from the perspective of 'religious naturalism.' Both words are necessary in that his approach is nontheistic yet very much concerned with reverence for value in nature, in general, and for value in nonhuman animals, in particular. It is a significant contribution to the scholarly community. - Daniel A. Dombrowksi, author of A Platonic Philosophy of Religion: A Process Perspective

"""There is a significant amount of literature in the fields of animal ethics and environmental ethics. A large subset of this literature is from a theistic point of view. Crosby's work is unique in that he comes at these issues from the perspective of 'religious naturalism.' Both words are necessary in that his approach is nontheistic yet very much concerned with reverence for value in nature, in general, and for value in nonhuman animals, in particular. It is a significant contribution to the scholarly community."" - Daniel A. Dombrowksi, author of A Platonic Philosophy of Religion: A Process Perspective"

Author Information

Donald A. Crosby is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Colorado State University. He is the author of Faith and Reason: Their Roles in Religious and Secular Life; Living with Ambiguity: Religious Naturalism and the Menace of Evil; A Religion of Nature,/i>; and The Specter of the Absurd: Sources and Criticisms of Modern Nihilism, all published by SUNY Press.

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