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Cow Care in Hindu Animal Ethics

Valpey, Kenneth R. - Personal Name;

This open access book provides both a broad perspective and a focused examination of cow care as a subject of widespread ethical concern in India, and increasingly in other parts of the world. In the face of what has persisted as a highly charged political issue over cow protection in India, intellectual space must be made to bring the wealth of Indian traditional ethical discourse to bear on the realities of current human-animal relationships, particularly those of humans with cows. Dharma, yoga, and bhakti paradigms serve as starting points for bringing Hindu—particularly Vaishnava Hindu—animal ethics into conversation with contemporary Western animal ethics. The author argues that a culture of bhakti—the inclusive, empathetic practice of spirituality centered in Krishna as the beloved cowherd of Vraja—can complement recently developed ethics-of-care thinking to create a solid basis for sustaining all kinds of cow care communities. ; Offers a focused insight into a key aspect of Hindu religious practice Integrates primary research and tertiary sources to give a multifaceted understanding of the intricacies of cow care practice Challenges conventional Western thought on cow care and its worldwide implications for animal ethics

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Series Title: The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series
Call Number: 320 VAL c
Publisher: Cham : Springer Nature., 2020
Collation: 269
Language: English
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Classification: 320
Content Type: text
Media Type: computer
Carrier Type: online resource
Edition: Ed. 1
Subject(s): Philosophy of Religion
Social & political philosophy
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Statement of Responsibility: Kenneth R. Valpey

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Cataloger: umi
Source: https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/22832
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