Zoos : A Philosophical Tour Paperback / softback
by K. Lee
Paperback / softback
Description
In this book, Keekok Lee asks the question, 'what is an animal, and how does our treatment of it within captivity affect its status as a being ?' This ontological treatment marks the first such approach in looking at animals in captivity.
Engaging with the moral questions of zoo-keeping (is it morally justified to keep a wild animal in captivity?) as well as the ontological (what is it that we conserve in zoos after all?
A wild animal or its shadow?), Lee develops her own original hypothesis, centred around the concept of 'immuration' - defining this in contrast to domestication - and thereby provides a unique addition to the growing body of work on animal ethics.
Information
-
Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:174 pages, VIII, 174 p.
- Publisher:Palgrave Macmillan
- Publication Date:22/11/2005
- Category:
- ISBN:9781349540716
Other Formats
- PDF from £76.08
Information
-
Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:174 pages, VIII, 174 p.
- Publisher:Palgrave Macmillan
- Publication Date:22/11/2005
- Category:
- ISBN:9781349540716