Animals, Empathy, and Anthropomorphism: The Limits of Imagination (The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series)

By: Carlo Salzani

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Synopsis: This open access book explores the role of imagination in animal ethics and its constitutive links to empathy/sympathy and anthropomorphism. The book argues for the constitutive role of imagination in ethical deliberation, but acknowledges that there exist important limits to its use. However, &“limit&” is here understood not merely negatively as restriction and insufficiency, but rather positively as &“condition of possibility,&” so what the book explores and analyses are the conditions for a positive and fruitful use of the imagination in ethics. The book uses as a &“frame&” the questions and issues raised in J.M. Coetzee&’s The Lives of Animals to explore some central and salient themes.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9783031880285
Related ISBNs:: 9783031880278
Publisher:: Springer Nature Switzerland
Date of Addition:: 05/23/25
Copyrighted By:: The Editor
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Animals, Literature and Fiction, Psychology, Language Arts, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics, Philosophy
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.