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594Nonhuman Animals in Adam Smith's Moral TheoryBetween the Species 13 (9). 2009.By giving sympathy a central role, Adam Smith’s Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759) can be regarded as one of the ‘enlightened’ moral theories of the Enlightenment, insofar as it widened the scope of moral consideration beyond the traditionally restricted boundary of human beings. This, although the author himself does not seem to have been aware of this fact. In this paper, I want to focus on two aspects which I think lead to this conclusion. First, by making sentience the requisite to be taken i…Read more
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54Allen Carlson and Sheila Lintott (eds.): Nature, Aesthetics and Environmentalism: From Beauty to Duty (review)Environmental Values 20 (3): 449-452. 2011.
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Areas of Specialization
Applied Ethics |
Normative Ethics |
Social and Political Philosophy |
17th/18th Century Philosophy |