Animal, vegetable, or woman? : a feminist critique of ethical vegetarianism

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    • George, Kathryn Paxton

書誌事項

Animal, vegetable, or woman? : a feminist critique of ethical vegetarianism

by Kathryn Paxton George

State University of New York Press, c2000

  • : hbk
  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-212) and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

Kathryn Paxton George challenges the view held by noted philosophers Tom Regan and Peter Singer and ecofeminists Carol Adams and Deane Curtin who assume the Principle of Equality to argue that no one should eat meat or animal products. She shows how these renowned individuals also violate the Principle of Equality, because they place women, children, adolescents, the elderly, and many others in a subordinate position. She reviews the principal arguments of these major ethical thinkers, offers a detailed examination of the nutritional literature on vegetarianism, and shows how this inconsistency arises and why it recurs in every major argument for ethical vegetarianism. Included is her own view about what we should eat, which she calls "feminist aesthetic semi-vegetarianism."

目次

Preface Acknowledgments1. Introduction Vegetarianism and the Ideal Life A Note about Terms and Studies of Vegetarians Some Arguments Not Covered Overview of the Argument of the Book 2. Ethical Vegetarianism and Traditional Moral Theory The Resurgent Interest in Ethical Vegetarianism Defining the Moral Community The Rule-Based Egalitarian Moral Tradition Why Vegetarianism is Morally Required Traditional Problems with the Traditional Moral Theories Traditional Virtue Ethics 3. Feminism and Ethical Vegetarianism "First-Wave" Feminists and Ethical Vegetarianism Recent Feminist Criticisms of the Rule-Based Tradition Other Features of Feminist Ethics of Care Feminist Epistemology and the Moral Standings of Animals Tom Regan's Rejection of Feminist Epistemology Some Criticisms of Regan's Defense of a Rationalistic Epistemology Ecofeminist Vegetarianism 4. A Feminist Argument Against Ethical Vegetarianism How Traditional Moral Theory Fails The Male Physiological Norm The Cultural Norm of Wealth Counterbalancing Considerations Discrimination and the Predication of Fixed Norms The Logic of Domination Summary 5. Bias, Reasoning, and Scientific Studies Introduction Bias Mistakes of Reasoning 6. Gender Equality and Interspecies Equality Do Physiological Differences Require Inequality? The Minimum Conception of Feminist Ethics Equality and Difference Interspecies Equality 7. Feminist Aesthetic Semivegetarianism Overview Contextual Moral Vegetarianism Revisited Weaknesses of Contextual Moral Vegetarianism Feminist Aesthetic Semivegetarianism Contexts for Eating Summary Notes References Index

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