dc.contributor.advisor | Eggleston, Ben | |
dc.contributor.author | Gerrek, Monica | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2008-07-21T23:28:07Z | |
dc.date.available | 2008-07-21T23:28:07Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2008-01-09 | |
dc.date.submitted | 2007 | |
dc.identifier.other | http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:2289 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1808/3984 | |
dc.description.abstract | The purpose of this dissertation is to present what I think is a particularly compelling normative version of sentimentalism. The moral principle which is the foundation of this ethic is: An act, or a failure to act, is morally wrong if and only if it is committed by, contributed to by, or allowed by a moral agent, and both the motive is disapproved of by the impartial spectator and any consequence is disliked by the impartial spectator. I begin this dissertation by explaining and defending the moral principle noted above. I then show how this normative sentimentalist ethic handles the issues raised by factory farming and using animals for research. Next, I present the two most well-known arguments regarding the treatment of animals, Peter Singer's preference utilitarianism and Tom Regan's rights theory, as well as key objections to these theories. I follow this by showing how the version of sentimentalism presented in this dissertation overcomes the objections to the animal ethics of Singer and Regan. To conclude, I address and respond to possible criticisms of the normative sentimentalist theory itself. | |
dc.format.extent | 270 pages | |
dc.language.iso | EN | |
dc.publisher | University of Kansas | |
dc.rights | This item is protected by copyright and unless otherwise specified the copyright of this thesis/dissertation is held by the author. | |
dc.subject | Philosophy | |
dc.subject | Sentimentalism | |
dc.subject | Animal ethics | |
dc.subject | Factory farming | |
dc.subject | Animal research | |
dc.subject | Singer | |
dc.subject | Regan | |
dc.title | Normative Sentimentalism and Animal Ethics | |
dc.type | Dissertation | |
dc.contributor.cmtemember | Bricke, John J | |
dc.contributor.cmtemember | Genova, A C | |
dc.contributor.cmtemember | Martin, Rex | |
dc.contributor.cmtemember | Stull, Donald D | |
dc.thesis.degreeDiscipline | Philosophy | |
dc.thesis.degreeLevel | PH.D. | |
kusw.oastatus | na | |
kusw.oapolicy | This item does not meet KU Open Access policy criteria. | |
kusw.bibid | 6599215 | |
dc.rights.accessrights | openAccess | |