Naslov
On nonhuman animals in Zhuangzi

Autori
Buljan, Ivana

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
Program and book of abstracts from the conference on Humanism, Posthumanism and Transhumanism in the East Asian Past and Present / Kosec, Maria Maja - Ljubljana : Založba Univerze v Ljubljani (University of Ljubljana Press), 2023, 13-13

ISBN
978-961-297-104-5

Skup
Humanism, Posthumanism and Transhumanism in the East Asian Past and Present

Mjesto i datum
Ljubljana, Slovenija, 19.05.2023. - 21.05.2023

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Pozvano predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
nonhuman animals ; Zhuangzi ; anthropocentrism

Sažetak
This talk aims to contribute to the contemporary discussion in animal ethics from Zhuangzi’s perspective. While contemporary discussions on animal ethics are often couched in humanist and posthumanist vocabulary, I argue that Zhuangzi can offer a different perspective on the value of non- human life and the human-animal relationship. Starting from the presumption that there are no firm ontic or ontological boundaries between humans, animals and other living beings, Zhuangzi develops a critique of the anthropocentric approach to animals. It is characterized by instrumentalism, egoism and intervention in the natural state of animals. Apart from the fact that anthropocentrism rais- es the question of human attitude towards non-human animals, it ultimately opens the question of man’s attitude towards himself. Thus, instead of being anthropocentric, Zhuangzi emphasizes the cosmocentric perspective. In this talk, I want to consider the ethical and epistemological aspects arising from the cosmocentric standpoint and the relevance of Zhuangzi’s view on contemporary issues related to non-human animals

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Filozofija

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