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Pritsch, Nathalie (2022)

Porphyry in the Present

Master thesis | Philosophy (MA) (60 EC)
Philosophical vegetarianism is a phoenixlike presence as it has risen from ancient ashes; and its current controversy is not a new one, but rather a rekindling of an old one. Correspondingly, Porphyry was not ahead of his time by morally advocating for vegetarianism; the modern animal emancipation movement is merely playing catch-up. I argue that a proper understanding of these ancient ashes is required to make the phoenix that is animal emancipation fly high.
Neo-platonism
Porphyry
animal ethics
Peter Singer
Author
Pritsch, Nathalie
Faculty
Faculty of Humanities
Specialisation
Moral and Political Philosophy
Supervisors
Haas, F.A.J. de
ECTS Credits
20
Language
en