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Cross-Species Plural Agents

Applied Ethics: Remembering Patrick Primeaux

ISBN: 978-1-78052-988-2, eISBN: 978-1-78052-989-9

Publication date: 31 July 2012

Abstract

There is much discussion about the moral standing of animals and the scope of human responsibilities to the more-than-human world. As yet, there has been little discussion about whether cross-species collectives (such as a human and a dog) can constitute composite or plural agents analogous to those proposed in epistemic and moral cases. If so, fruitful new ways of understanding how we live and work with animal companions will likely emerge. This chapter takes a first step towards those new understandings by arguing that cross-species collectives are possible.

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Townley, C. (2012), "Cross-Species Plural Agents", Schwartz, M. and Harris, H. (Ed.) Applied Ethics: Remembering Patrick Primeaux (Research in Ethical Issues in Organizations, Vol. 8), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 47-62. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1529-2096(2012)0000008009

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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