The Feminist Care Tradition in Animal Ethics

by Donovan, Josephine

• ISBN13: 9780231140393
• ISBN10: 0231140398
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-11-01
• Publisher: Columbia Univ Pr

Summary

In Beyond Animal Rights, Josephine Donovan and Carol J. Adams introduced feminist "ethic of care" theory into contemporary philosophical discussions concerning the ethical treatment of animals. In this revised edition of the volume, seven essays from the original book are joined by nine new articles-most of which were written in response to Beyond Animal Rights-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 humility and sympathy in our relationships with animals and establish 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., reviewing a previous edition or volume

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
The War on Compassion (2006)	p. 21
Foundational Articles, 1985-1996
The Liberation of Nature: A Circular Affair (1985)	p. 39
Animal Rights and Feminist Theory (1990)	p. 58
Toward an Ecological Ethic of Care (1991)	p. 87
Your Daughter or Your Dog? A Feminist Assessment of the Animal Research Issue (1991)	p. 105
Justice, Caring, and Animal Liberation (1992)	p. 125
The Caring Sleuth: Portrait of an Animal Rights Activist (1994)	p. 153
Attention to Suffering: Sympathy as a Basis for Ethical Treatment of Animals (1994)	p. 174
Caring About Suffering: A Feminist Exploration (1995)	p. 198
Responses, 1998-2006
Toward a Non-Property Status for Animals (1998)	p. 229
Protecting Children and Animals from Abuse: A Trans-Species Concept of Caring (1999)	p. 250
The Role of the Rational and the Emotive in a Theory of Animal Rights (1999)	p. 259
The Ethic of Care and the Problem of Wild Animals (2003)	p. 301
Of Mice and Men: A Fragment on Animal Rights (2004)	p. 316
Empathy and Vegetarian Commitments (2004)	p. 333
On the Backs of Animals: The Valorization of Reason in Contemporary Animal Ethics (2005)	p. 344
Caring to Dialogue: Feminism and the Treatment of Animals (2006)	p. 360
Bibliography	p. 371
Contributors	p. 375
Index	p. 377
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