Animal Pragmatism

Erin McKenna is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Chair of the Department of Philosophy at Pacific Lutheran University. She is author of The Task of Utopia: A Pragmatist and Feminist Perspective.Andrew Light is Assistant Professor of Environmental Philosophy and Director of the Environmental Conservation Education Program at New York University. He is author of Film, Philosophy, and Social Criticism and co-author of many anthologies, including (with Eric Katz and David Rothenberg) Beneath the Surface: Critical Essays in the Philosophy of Deep Ecology.

• Foreword John J. McDermottIntroduction: Why Pragmatism? Erin McKenna and Andrew LightPart 1. Pragmatism Considering Animals1. "What Does Rome Know of Rat and Lizard?": Pragmatic Mandates for Considering Animals in Emerson, James and Dewey James M. Albrecht2. Dewey and Animal Ethics Steven Fesmire3. Overlapping Horizons of Meaning: A Deweyan Approach to the Moral Standing of Nonhuman Animals Phillip McReynolds4. Peirce's Horse: A Sympathetic Bond Douglas. R. AndersonPart 2. Pragmatism, the Environment, Hunting, and Farming5. Beyond Considerability: The Environmental Ethics-Animal Rights Debate as a Problematic Situation Ben Minteer6. Methodological Pragmatism, Animal Welfare, and Hunting Andrew Light7. Getting Pragmatic About Farm Animal Welfare Paul Thompson8. Pragmatism and the Production of Livestock Erin McKennaPart 3. Pragmatism on Animals as Cures, Companions, and Calories9. Dewey on Animal Experimentation Jennifer Welchman10. Pragmatism and Institutional Animal Care and Use Committees Todd Lekan11. Pragmatism and Pets Matthew Pamental12. Dining on Fido: Death, Identity, and the Dilemma of Eating Animals Glenn KuehnContributorsIndex