Abstract
This paper provides a review of Cynthia Willett's book Interspecies Ethics. Willett aims to outline the beginnings of biosocial eros ethics – an ethical outline that sketches the potentiality of a cross-species cosmopolitan ideal of compassion (agape), derived through acknowledging and emphasizing the existence of spontaneous, playful interaction between social animals. Though this book is recommended for offering an innovative framework from which to explore the possibility of non-anthropocentric cross-species ethic, readers should be wary of expecting to find a fully-fledged moral program detailing how this would work.
Recommended Citation
Randall, Thomas E.
(2017)
"Review: Interspecies Ethics by Cynthia Willett,"
Between the Species:
Vol. 20:
Iss.
1, Article 8.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/bts/vol20/iss1/8
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