Thou of Nature

Religious Naturalism and Reverence for Sentient Life

Inbunden, Engelska, 2013

AvDonald A. Crosby,Colorado State University) Crosby, Donald A. (Emeritus Professor of Philosophy,Donald A Crosby

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Explores the spiritual obligations of humans to animals from a religious naturalist's perspective.Humans share the earth with nonhuman animals who are also capable of conscious experience and awareness. Arguing that we should develop an I-thou, not an I-it, relationship with other sentient beings, Donald A. Crosby adds a new perspective to the current debates on human/animal relations and animal rights-that of religious naturalism. Religion of Nature holds that the natural world is the only world and that there is no supernatural animus or law behind it. From this vantage point, our fellow thous are entitled to more than merely moral treatment: protection and enhancement of their continuing well-being deserves to be a central focus of religious reverence, care, and commitment as well. A set of presumptive natural rights for nonhuman animals is proposed and conflicts in applying these rights are acknowledged and considered. A wide range of situations involving humans and nonhuman animals are discussed, including hunting and fishing; eating and wearing; circuses, rodeos, zoos, and aquariums; scientific experimentation; and the threats of human technology and population growth.

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Utgivningsdatum2013-01-01
Mått152 x 229 x 15 mm
Vikt426 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor180
FörlagState University of New York Press
ISBN9781438446691

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Preface1. Religious Naturalism and Three Scientific RevolutionsIntroductionThe Cosmological RevolutionThe Evolutionary RevolutionThe Ecological RevolutionThe Lesson of the Three Scientific Revolutions2. Inwardness and Awareness in NatureIntroductionInwardness of Life and Inwardness of MindMind and Consciousness in NatureThe Range of Conscious Awareness on Earth3. Presumptive Rights and Conflicts of RightsIntroductionThree Rs of the Thou of NatureA Scheme of Presumptive Natural RightsA Fourth R of the Thou of NatureConflicts of Rights4. Hunting and FishingIntroductionHuntingFishingResponses to the Charge of Impractical Idealism5. Eating and WearingIntroductionUsing Animals for FoodThe Vegetarian ResponseUsing Animals for Apparel and Other Purposes6. Other Areas of Responsibility and ConcernIntroductionExperimenting on AnimalsRodeos, Circuses, Zoos, and AquariumsEndangered Species and Despoliations of Natural EnvironmentsThe Human Population ExplosionThe Threat of Global Climate Chagne7. A New Moral and Religious ConsciousnessIntroductionEmpowerment in Religion of NatureObjections and RepliesPrinciples and PrescriptionsNotesWorks CitedIndex

"There is a significant amount of literature in the fields of animal ethics and environmental ethics. A large subset of this literature is from a theistic point of view. Crosby's work is unique in that he comes at these issues from the perspective of 'religious naturalism.' Both words are necessary in that his approach is nontheistic yet very much concerned with reverence for value in nature, in general, and for value in nonhuman animals, in particular. It is a significant contribution to the scholarly community." — Daniel A. Dombrowksi, author of A Platonic Philosophy of Religion: A Process Perspective