Justice for animals according to Plutarch

Bibliographic description

title:	Justice for animals according to Plutarch
author:	Miszczyński Damian
journal title:	Mare Nostrum
volume:	10
issue:	1
date of publication :	2019
pages:	54-76
ISSN:	2177-4218
DOI:	10.11606/issn.2177-4218.v10i1p54-76
URL:	https://www.revistas.usp.br/marenostrum/article/view/150410
date accessed:	2021-03-08
language:	English
journal language:	Portuguese
abstract in English:	This paper is an attempt to describe Plutarch’s view on the idea of justice between animals and humans on the basis of a representative selection of passages from his works. Most of the analyzed passages are from De sollertiaanimaliumand De esu carnium. The criterion of selection was lexical and contextual, so passages containing words semantically related to the Greek terms for justice or law were particularly taken into account, as well as passages simply referring to the subject of justice for animals. The conclusion is that Plutarch believed that justice between humans and animals is possible and should be applied. However, conscious of how difficult this postulate is to achieve, he was content with urging people to limitthe consumption of meat.
keywords in English:	vegetarianism in Antiquity, human-animal relations, animal justice, Plutarch
number of pulisher's sheets:	1,37
affiliation:	Wydział Filologiczny
type:	journal article
subtype:	academic paper