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It's no secret that animals are considered objects in the fields of law, commerce, and science, characterized as property and commodities. Animals, Mind, and Matter: The Inside Story challenges this ascription and establishes that animals are living subjects, who have minds and opinions of their own and care about what happens to them. Donovan contends that animals' voices or standpoints should be part of any human decisions concerning their ethical treatment. Elaborating on feminist care theory and critical animal standpoint theory, the author provides compelling evidence for animal subjectivity, exploring in the process the nature of subjectivity and consciousness while drawing from recent developments in quantum and emergence theories that point away from the dominant ontology of Cartesian objectivism. Through these explorations, Donovan proposes that a new narrative is emerging in the arts and sciences—an inside story that re-subjectifies natural life and leaves behind the deadening Midas touch of Cartesian objectivism.
Contents
Contents Preface Introduction Chapter One. Caring to Heed the Voice of Animals Chapter Two. Interspecies Dialogue Chapter Three. The Inside Story Chapter Four. Subjectivity, Telos, and Ethical Meaning Chapter Five. Animal Dignity Chapter Six. Radical Natural Law Chapter Seven. The New Materialism and the Question of Subjectivity Chapter Eight. Panpsychism, Participatory Epistemology, and Cosmic Sympathy Chapter Nine. Ethical Mimesis and Emergence Aesthetics Conclusion Acknowledgments Notes Works Cited Index
