Ethics

Michael J. Gilmour, a Canadian professor of English and biblical literature, argues that fiction contributes much toward humane education. “Animal-friendly storytellers and poets undermine entrenched dominative attitudes toward the nonhuman,” says Gilmour is his latest book. “They bring animals from the margins to the centre, and in doing so urge a broadening of our understanding of community and inclusivity.” In Creative Compassion, Literature and Animal Welfare (Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics series), Gilmour considers the enormous […]