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Zoos : A Philosophical Tour by Keekok Lee (auth.) is a science book available to read on EtoBox.
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In this book, Keekok Lee asks the question, 'what is an animal, and how does our treatment of it within captivity affect its status as a being ?' This ontological treatment marks the first such approach in looking at animals in captivity. Engaging with the moral questions of zoo-keeping (is it morally justified to keep a wild animal in captivity?) as well as the ontological (what is it that we conserve in zoos after all? A wild animal or its shadow?), Lee develops her own original hypothesis, ce
Who reads Zoos : A Philosophical Tour?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Keekok Lee (auth.)
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
- Published
- 2005
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780230503809
- Category
- science
- Subjects
- Philosophy, Science, Biology
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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