Philosophy and Animal Life

New in paperback. Hardcover was published in 2008. Accuses analytical philosophy of evading, or deflecting, the responsibility of humans toward nonhuman animals. Focusing specifically on J. M. Coetzee´s book The Lives of Animals, she considers the failure of language to capture the vulnerability of humans and animals. Stanley Cavell responds to Diamond´s argument. John McDowell follows with a critique of both Diamond and Cavell, and Ian Hacking explains why Cora Diamond´s essay is so deeply perturbing and favors poetry over philosophy as a way of overcoming some of her difficulties.