The Specter of Speciesism: Buddhist and Christian Views of Animals

Oxford University Press USA (2001)
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Abstract

The concept of speciesism, coined in 1970 as an analogy to racism, has been discussed almost exclusively within philosophical circles. Here, Waldau looks at how non-human animals have been viewed in the Buddhist and Christian religious traditions.

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