Taxonomic Chauvinism, No More!: Antidotes from Hume, Darwin, and Biocultural Ethics

The culture of global society commonly associates the word animal with vertebrates. Paradoxically, most of animal diversity is composed of small organisms that remain invisible in the global culture and are underrepresented in philosophy, science, and education. Twenty-first century science has reve...

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Main Author: Rozzi, Ricardo 1960- (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Center for Environmental Philosophy, University of North Texas [2019]
In: Environmental ethics
Year: 2019, Volume: 41, Issue: 3, Pages: 249-282
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