Ethics and Mythology: Conflicts between Two Attitudes toward Nonhuman Species
Western attitudes toward nonhuman animal species can be organized into two kinds: an ethical and a mythological. The ethical attitude is that which characterizes the animal as a subject of ethical consideration, while the mythological attitude is that which characterizes the animal as a semiotic too...
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| Summary: | Western attitudes toward nonhuman animal species can be organized into two kinds: an ethical and a mythological. The ethical attitude is that which characterizes the animal as a subject of ethical consideration, while the mythological attitude is that which characterizes the animal as a semiotic tool for human communicability. Many important conflicts on the issue of animal rights arise out of a conflict of these two attitudes. This thesis examines these conflicts in case studies focused on the wolf species canis lupus as well as in the practices of zoo maintenance and species conservation, with philosophical background in structuralism in the case of the mythological attitude, and contrasting forms of utilitarianism. Includes bibliography. Thesis (B.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, 2016. |
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