Alison Suen: 2 books
The Speaking Animal
Ethics, Language and the Human-Animal Divide
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2015
Animals regularly populate philosophical texts as a foil to illustrate what it means to be human. How should we understand this human-animal divide? Not only does it inform us of who we are, it also tells us how we should relate to the larger non-human world. The Speaking Animal interrogates the human-animal...
The Human–Animal Boundary
Exploring the Line in Philosophy and Fiction
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2018
Throughout the centuries philosophers and poets alike have defended an essential difference—rather than a porous transition—between the human and animal. Attempts to assign essential properties to humans (e.g., language, reason, or morality) often reflected ulterior aims to defend a privileged...