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https://sites.google.com/jcu.edu/simon-fitzpatrick/home

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Irina Mikhalevich and Russell Powell, Minds without spines: Evolutionarily inclusive animal ethics

Abstract

Mikhalevich & Powell are to be commended for challenging the “invertebrate dogma” that invertebrates are unworthy of ethical concern. However, developing an evolutionarily inclusive ethics requires facing some of the more radical implications of rejecting hierarchical scala naturae and human-centered conceptions of the biological world. In particular, we need to question the anthropocentric assumptions that still linger in discussions like these.

Author Biography

Simon Fitzpatrick, Associate Professor of Philosophy, John Carroll University, works on theoretical and methodological issues in the study of nonhuman animal cognition and the cognitive science of morality. Website

DOI

10.51291/2377-7478.1611