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Problems With Basing Insect Ethics On Individuals’ Welfare, Susana Monsó, Antonio J. Osuna-Mascaró
Problems With Basing Insect Ethics On Individuals’ Welfare, Susana Monsó, Antonio J. Osuna-Mascaró
Animal Sentience
In their target article, Mikhalevich & Powell (M&P) argue that we should extend moral protection to arthropods. In this commentary, we show that there are some unforeseen obstacles to applying the sort of individualistic welfare-based ethics that M&P have in mind to certain arthropods, namely, insects. These obstacles have to do with the fact that there are often many more individuals involved in our dealings with insects than our ethical theories anticipate, and also with the fact that, in some sense, some insects count as more than an individual and, in another sense, they sometimes count as less than an …
Review Essay: Leonard Barkan, The Gods Made Flesh: Metamorphosis & The Pursuit Of Paganism, Steven Max Miller
Review Essay: Leonard Barkan, The Gods Made Flesh: Metamorphosis & The Pursuit Of Paganism, Steven Max Miller
Quidditas
Leonard Barkan, The Gods Made Flesh: Metamorphosis & the Pursuit of Paganism, Yale University Press, 1986.
Review Essay: Charlotte F. Otten, Ed., A Lycanthropy Reader: Werewolves In Western Culture, Melanie Shirk
Review Essay: Charlotte F. Otten, Ed., A Lycanthropy Reader: Werewolves In Western Culture, Melanie Shirk
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Charlotte F. Otten, ed., A Lycanthropy Reader: Werewolves in Western Culture, Syracuse University Press, 1986.