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2 - The Natural and the Normative

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2021

Lori Gruen
Lori Gruen
Affiliation:
Wesleyan University, Connecticut
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This chapter examines a number of concepts that are used in arguments against taking animals seriously. The chapter explores how difficult it is to say what behaviors are natural and looks at the multiple meanings of "species" and "human" and "person." The chapter also discusses the problems with familiar hierarchies of worth and explores some of the tensions that have developed between animal liberation and disability activists.

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speciesspeciesismhierarchypersonhoodmoral agentsmoral patientsdisabilityvexed comparisons
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Ethics and Animals
An Introduction
 , pp. 45 - 80
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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