The Ethics of Animal Beauty

Vice, Samantha

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“…Whilst both accounts support what I have to say here about the primacy of movement in a general sense, neither focuses specifically on its implications for animal aesthetics. For a recent contribution that bases animal aesthetics on animal movement, see Samantha Vice (2017). Vice develops an account of animal beauty based on the property of 'animation' that is close to the view I develop.…”

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Movement, Wildness and Animal Aesthetics

Greaves¹

2019

Environmental Values

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The key role that animals play in our aesthetic appreciation of the natural world has only gradually been highlighted in discussions in environmental aesthetics. In this paper I make use of the phenomenological notion of 'perceptual sense' as developed by Merleau-Ponty to argue that open-ended expressive-responsive movement is the primary aesthetic ground for our appreciation of animals. It is through their movement that the array of qualities we admire in animals are manifest qua animal qualities. Against functionalist and formalist accounts, I defend and develop an account of expressive-responsive movement as the primary perceptual sense of animals. I go on to suggest that the primacy of movement in aesthetic appreciation of animals is also the primary sense of animal 'wildness' and that a key part of the rewilding paradigm should be the development of such appreciation.

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Movement, Wildness and Animal Aesthetics

Greaves¹

2019

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“…not have an innate desire to hunt. Moreover, as feminist scholars and virtue theorists convincingly argue, hunting diminishes the well-being of those who hunt-and the well-being of others-as human hunters cultivate vicious character traits that lead them to act in ways that are harmful to themselves and others (Kheel 1996;Luke 2007;Vice 2017). And while there is evidence that successfully hunting felines prey on "substandard prey," human hunters often prey on "trophies,"…”

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A Defense of Free-Roaming Cats from a Hedonist Account of Feline Well-being

Abbate

2019

Acta Anal

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There is a widespread belief that for their own safety and for the protection of wildlife, cats should be permanently kept indoors. Against this view, I argue that cat guardians have a duty to provide their feline companions with outdoor access. The argument is based on a sophisticated hedonistic account of animal well-being that acknowledges that the performance of species-normal ethological behavior is especially pleasurable. Territorial behavior, which requires outdoor access, is a feline-normal ethological behavior, so when a cat is permanently confined to the indoors, her ability to flourish is impaired. Since cat guardians have a duty not to impair the well-being of their cats, the impairment of cat flourishing via confinement signifies a moral failing. Although some cats assume significant risks and sometimes kill wild animals when roaming outdoors, these important considerations do not imply that all cats should be deprived of the opportunity to access the outdoors. Indeed, they do not, by themselves, imply that any cat should be permanently kept indoors.

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Aesthetically Appreciating Animals: On The Abundant Herds

Vice¹

2023

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This is an essay in appreciation of The Abundant Herds, a study of the amaZulu’s naming practices for their Nguni cattle. The book reveals an aesthetic vision in which contemplative and practical attention are intertwined and a complex classificatory system does not undermine an appreciation of the individuality of the cattle. The book and the practices it celebrates permit a richer account of the beauty of farm animals to the standard functionalist approach.

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The Ethics of Animal Beauty

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Movement, Wildness and Animal Aesthetics

Movement, Wildness and Animal Aesthetics

A Defense of Free-Roaming Cats from a Hedonist Account of Feline Well-being

Aesthetically Appreciating Animals: On The Abundant Herds

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