Anthropocentrism and Speciesism in the Context of Environmental Studies. A Synoptic Introduction

• Authors: Maria Vita Romeo , Sara Sgarlata
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

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Anthropocentrism and Speciesism in the Context of Environmental Studies. A Synoptic Introduction

Keywords

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epistemic anthropocentrism; moral anthropocentrism; human-environment relationship; human-centred narrations; environmental studies; human distinctiveness; differential treatment for humans and non-humans; speciesism; animal philosophies; ecological nutrition; nutritional choices; effects of vegetarian nutrition; theology of vegetarianism; technopolitics; Eric Nelson’s book Daoism and Environmental Philosophy: Nourishing Life; Dorota Probucka’s edited book The Ethical Condemnation of Hunting

• Publisher: Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
• Journal: Ethics in Progress
• Year: 2020
• Volume: 11
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 4-8

Dates

published

2020-12-30

Contributors

author

Maria Vita Romeo

• Università degli Studi di Catania

author

Sara Sgarlata

• Università degli Studi di Catania

• https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8166-2556

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Identifiers

DOI

10.14746/eip.2020.2.1