Katherine Perlo
Biographic Data
| ID | 4587882 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Katherine Perlo |
| GIVEN NAMES | Katherine |
| FAMILY NAME | Perlo |
| SIGNATURE | PERLO K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Dundee |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
"Would You Let Your Child Die Rather than Experiment on Nonhuman Animals?" A Comparative Questions Approach
By placing the title question alongside five comparative questions and offering answers to the whole set as given by seven imaginary respondents, this paper analyzes the question's deceptiveness and the inconsistency of its implied claims. Apart from ambiguities of situation, history, and agency, the question's demand for a choice between "your child" and "nonhuman animals" obscures a field of other values regarding (1) species, (2) family ties, …
Great Shamans and Great Teachers: Animals as Guides to Truth in Religious Texts
Animals in the role of guides and messengers are found in the texts (artistic, ritual, mythological and written) of many traditions, with the significance of the animals’ presence going beyond the merely aesthetic or fanciful. The animal-related shamanic practice of hunter-gatherer cultures has influenced later world religions. Written texts can be divided into the mystical, concerning experience; the philosophical, concerning ideas; the devotion…
Marxism and the Underdog
Marxism has defined its key values in opposition to animals other than human in order to promote the interests of the most downtrodden human beings. Although it has characterized itself as a scientific historical and economic theory, sympathy for human suffering has provided its most powerful motivation as a political force. This capacity for sympathy, causing in modern times an extension of Marxist concerns beyond "class" in the original sense, …
Marxism and the Underdog
Marxism has defined its key values in opposition to animals other than human in order to promote the interests of the most downtrodden human beings. Although it has characterized itself as a scientific historical and economic theory, sympathy for human suffering has provided its most powerful motivation as a political force. This capacity for sympathy, causing in modern times an extension of Marxist concerns beyond "class" in the original sense, …
Great Shamans and Great Teachers: Animals as Guides to Truth in Religious Texts
Animals in the role of guides and messengers are found in the texts (artistic, ritual, mythological and written) of many traditions, with the significance of the animals’ presence going beyond the merely aesthetic or fanciful. The animal-related shamanic practice of hunter-gatherer cultures has influenced later world religions. Written texts can be divided into the mystical, concerning experience; the philosophical, concerning ideas; the devotion…
Marxism and the Underdog
Marxism has defined its key values in opposition to animals other than human in order to promote the interests of the most downtrodden human beings. Although it has characterized itself as a scientific historical and economic theory, sympathy for human suffering has provided its most powerful motivation as a political force. This capacity for sympathy, causing in modern times an extension of Marxist concerns beyond "class" in the original sense, …
"Would You Let Your Child Die Rather than Experiment on Nonhuman Animals?" A Comparative Questions Approach
By placing the title question alongside five comparative questions and offering answers to the whole set as given by seven imaginary respondents, this paper analyzes the question's deceptiveness and the inconsistency of its implied claims. Apart from ambiguities of situation, history, and agency, the question's demand for a choice between "your child" and "nonhuman animals" obscures a field of other values regarding (1) species, (2) family ties, …
Epistemology (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works)