Natural Law Revisited: Wild Justice and Human Obligations for Other Animals
This essay lays out preliminary grounds for an alternative theological approach to animal ethics based on closer consideration of natural law theory and ethological reports of wild justice compared with dominant animal rights perspectives. It draws on Jean Porter's interpretation of scholastic...
| Published in: | Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Philosophy Documentation Center
[2015]
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Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics
Year: 2015, Volume: 35, Issue: 2, Pages: 159-173 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CF Christianity and Science KDB Roman Catholic Church NBD Doctrine of Creation NCG Environmental ethics; Creation ethics |
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| Summary: | This essay lays out preliminary grounds for an alternative theological approach to animal ethics based on closer consideration of natural law theory and ethological reports of wild justice compared with dominant animal rights perspectives. It draws on Jean Porter's interpretation of scholastic natural law theory and on scientific narratives about the laws of nature to navigate the difficult territory between nature and reason in natural law. In Western societies, attempts to detach from our animal roots have fostered forms of legal provisions that treat animals as property rather than as living, social beings entangled with human societies. |
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| ISSN: | 2326-2176 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Society of Christian Ethics, Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1353/sce.2015.0045 |