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Author Acampora, Ralph R., 1965-

Title Corporal compassion : animal ethics and philosophy of body / Ralph R. Acampora
Published Pittsburgh, PA : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2006]
©2006

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Description xv, 201 pages ; 24 cm
Contents Introduction: Somaesthetics and animal ethics -- Interspecies ethics and phenomenology of body : precursors and pathways -- Flesh-and-blood being-in-a-world : transpecific ontology of somatic society -- Appreciation of animal nature under the aspect of bodiment -- Ethos and Leib : "symphysics" of transpecific morality -- Body bioethics in realms of the carnal and the carceral -- Contexts and promise of corporal compassion
Summary "Corporal Compassion examines the practical applications of the somatic ethos in contexts such as laboratory experimentation and zoological exhibition, and challenges practitioners to go beyond recent reforms and look to a future beyond exploitation or total noninterference - a posthumanist culture that advocates caring in a participatory approach."--BOOK JACKET
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Animal rights -- Philosophy.
Animals (Philosophy)
Human-animal relationships -- Philosophy.
LC no. 2006008627
ISBN 0822942852 cloth alkaline paper