Towards an animal spirituality : an evaluation of the contributions of Francis of Assisi and Albert Schweitzer / Johanna Christina Louisa Vestjens

While throughout the ages prominent thinkers have denounced for various reasons mistreatment and killing of animals for food or sacrifice, the dominant western view has been that only rational beings merit moral respect and value. Augustine developed, from Aristotle‘s thought of a hierarchy of souls...

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Main Author: Vestjens, Johanna Christina Louisa
Language:en
Published: 2016
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10394/15749