Passionate Animals: Emotions, Animal Ethics, and Moral Pragmatics draws on the theoretical achievements made in ethics, political philosophy, and human-animal studies, addressing the problem that these advancements have not resulted in practical change toward significantly improved human-animal-relations. Mara-Daria Cojocaru argues that this gap between theory and action can close only if humans live up to the task of becoming passionate animals themselvesand passionate about animals as well. In the tradition of philosophical pragmatism and with reference to congenial thinkers like Mary Midgley, Cojocaru develops a moral pragmatics that highlights the role of emotions in moral and political life and focuses on the institutions necessary to make tangible progress on the problems posed by animal experimentation and factory farming.

Mara-Daria Cojocaru isan independent scholar.

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1 That We Don't Go Down on Our Knees in Shame and Grief Every Day Never Ceases to Amaze Me

2 So How Does This Become Philosophy? A Few Notes on Method

Part 1: Passionate Animals

3 Becoming Animal: Humans and Other Animals

4 Passions: Why We Care Also About Other Animals

5 Becoming Human: Elements of Moral Pragmatics

Part 2: Emotions and Normative Beliefs

6 Passionate Reasoning: The Role of Values in Systematic Inquiry

7 Passionate Disagreement: Anger and Why it is Not the Beginning of the End of Civilized Coexistence

8 Getting it Right: What You Need to Know About Animal Experimentation and Factory Farming

Part 3: Thinking Alternatives

9 Instruments and Approaches

10 Animal Ethics and Animal Politics: From Law Enforcement to Private Experiments in Living

Epilogue

Bibliography

Index

About the Author