Animal Ethics And Theology: The Lens Of The Good Samaritan

Animal Ethics And Theology: The Lens Of The Good Samaritan

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In this book, author Daniel K. Miller argues that the major philosophical arguments in the field of animal ethics, as it has developed in the twentieth century, are inadequate without a robust theological foundation. While these arguments for greater moral respect for animals have acquired some cultural purchase in relation to systematic abuses of animals in factory farming and some forms of hunting, they lack the resources for articulating the many complexities inherent in human relationships with other animals. These positions, expounded most prominently by Peter Singer and Tom Regan, seek to extend to animals the moral frames of earlier Enlightenment thinkers and are bound by the same concerns and constraints; they do not sufficiently problematize the modern distinction between humans and other animals that has advanced the modern mistreatment of animals to a degree of systematic cruelty unknown in human history. Miller explores resources in the Christian tradition for articulating human moral relationships with other animals “ and for problematizing the modern framing of the human-animal distinction. Theological reflection on human-animal relationships has enjoyed an increasing popularity in the past few years. This volume differs from previous work by critiquing different moral theories as well as promoting a theory of animal neighbors, " encompassing pets, domestic animals, and wild animals while not losing sight of the significant moral distinctions these different kinds of animals necessitate. Miller further engages arguments from environmental and feminist philosophers in a way that other theological accounts of animals largely overlook.

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