Making a difference on behalf of animals living in the wild: interview with Jeff McMahan

Jeff McMahan currently holds the prestigious White’s Chair of Moral Philosophy at Oxford University. He has previously been a professor of philosophy at Rutgers University (USA). He has written extensively about theoretical and applied ethics, two of his most notable contributions being The Ethics o...

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Autor: Pacheco Faria, Catia Gisela
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
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Idioma:inglés
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Animal ethics
Ética
71 Ética
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title Making a difference on behalf of animals living in the wild: interview with Jeff McMahan
spellingShingle Making a difference on behalf of animals living in the wild: interview with Jeff McMahan
Pacheco Faria, Catia Gisela
179.3
Animal suffering
Animal ethics
Ética
71 Ética
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Animal suffering
Animal ethics
Ética
71 Ética
topic 179.3
Animal suffering
Animal ethics
Ética
71 Ética
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