The Aristotelian Carnivore: The Ethical Afterlives of Aristotle's Theory of Animal Irrationality

At least since Richard Sorabji’s Animal Minds and Human Morals (1993), Aristotle’s theory of animal irrationality has been viewed as a major turning point in the Western ethical approach to animals. The influential idea traced back to Aristotle is that we are allowed to eat animals because they are...

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Main Author: Muratori, Cecilia 1981- (Author)
Format: Electronic/Print Article
Language:English
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Published: Palais Universitaire [2019]
In: Revue des sciences religieuses
Year: 2019, Volume: 93, Issue: 3, Pages: 257-279
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Aristoteles 384 BC-322 BC, De anima / Animals / Rationality / Rejection of / Flesh / Food
IxTheo Classification:AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
Further subjects:B Augustine, Saint, Bp of Hippo
B Anthropocentrism
B Thomas, Aquinas, Saint , 1225?-1274
B Food; Moral and ethical aspects
B Porphyry, 234?-305?
B Speciesism
B Campanella, Tommaso, 1568-1639
B Animal intelligence
B Animal Rights
B Soto, Andrés de, 1553?-1625
B Sorabji, Richard, 1934-
B Aristotle
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