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Animal welfare considered by American pragmatists. Foreword John J. McDermott Introduction: Why Pragmatism? Erin McKenna and Andrew Light Part 1. Pragmatism Considering Animals 1. “What Does Rome Know of Rat and Lizard?”: Pragmatic Mandates for Considering Animals in Emerson, James and Dewey James M. Albrecht 2. Dewey and Animal Ethics Steven Fesmire 3. Overlapping Horizons of Meaning: A Deweyan Approach to the Moral Standing of Nonhuman Animals Phillip McReynolds 4. Peirce’s Horse: A Sympathetic Bond Douglas. R. Anderson Part 2. Pragmatism, the Environment, Hunting, and Farming 5. Beyond Considerability: The Environmental Ethics-Animal Rights Debate as a Problematic Situation Ben Minteer 6. Methodological Pragmatism, Animal Welfare, and Hunting Andrew Light 7. Getting Pragmatic About Farm Animal Welfare Paul Thompson 8. Pragmatism and the Production of Livestock Erin McKenna Part 3. Pragmatism on Animals as Cures, Companions, and Calories 9. Dewey on Animal Experimentation Jennifer Welchman 10. Pragmatism and Institutional Animal Care and Use Committees Todd Lekan 11. Pragmatism and Pets Matthew Pamental 12. Dining on Fido: Death, Identity, and the Dilemma of Eating Animals Glenn Kuehn Contributors Index
