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Militant atheists often mirror the worst kind of ignorance and hostility that they condemn in traditional believers. Writing both as a philosopher and an Anglican Christian, Professor Clark explores this initial perception, considering such topics as the alleged openness of 'scientists' compared with the 'dogmatism' of 'believers'; the difficulty of reading 'scripture' outside 'the community of faith' that has selected and elaborated it; the problems of moral realism (and the problem with ab…

Ng's laudable concern for animal welfare would be welcome to any sensible slave-owner wishing to preserve his investment. What welfarism – for slave-owners and animal husbandmen – fails to call into question is whether we have the right to breed, hold captive and kill animals at all: If it matters, as the widely recognized slogan of 'Five Freedoms' suggests, that animals have the chance to live a 'normal' life, then more matters than keeping them 'happy' in subjection. Their lives – and also the lives of wild things – also deserve respect.

chapter Introduction -- chapter 1 Aristotle's woman -- chapter 2 Slaves and citizens -- chapter 3 Is humanity a natural kind? -- chapter 4 Children and the mammalian order -- chapter 5 Anarchists against the revolution -- chapter 6 Bioregional environmentalism and the humanistic culture -- chapter 7 Good and bad ethology and the decent polis -- chapter 8 Apes and the idea of kindred -- chapter 9 Herds of free bipeds -- chapter 10 Enlarging the community -- chapter 11 Nations and empires.