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Oxford University Press Inc The Ethics of Killing Animals
Book SynopsisWhile it is generally accepted that animal welfare matters morally, it is less clear how to morally evaluate the ending of an animal''s life. It seems to matter for the animal whether it experiences pain or pleasure, or enjoyment or suffering. But does it also matter for the animal whether it lives or dies? Is a longer life better for an animal than a shorter life? If so, under what conditions is this so, and why is this the case? Is it better for an animal to live rather than never to be born at all? The Ethics of Killing Animals addresses these value-theoretical questions about animal life, death and welfare. It also discusses whether and how answers to these questions are relevant for our moral duties towards animals. Is killing animals ever morally acceptable and, if so, under what conditions? Do animals have moral rights, such as the right to life and should they be accorded legal rights? How should our moral duties towards animals inform our individual behavior and policy-making? This volume presents a collection of contributions from major thinkers in ethics and animal welfare, with a special focus on the moral evaluation of killing animals.Trade ReviewThis work has much to offer anyone interested in animal studies, human-animal interactions, or ethical/moral philosophy in general, as it examines many core ideas and notable philosophical positions...it should be read comparatively across a variety of philosophical frames or used as a reference to approach the core issues it takes up...Recommended. * S. M. Weiss, Choice. *...serves as a wonderful introduction to the topic and contribution to the literature... Overall, this volume has a remarkably consistent high quality for an edited collection, as well as several genuinely standout pieces...I highly recommend this book for research as well as teaching. I would go so far as to call it essential for people working on animal ethics. * Jeff Sebo, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews Online *Table of ContentsList of Contributors ; List of Figures ; Acknowledgments ; Introduction (Tatjana Visak and Robert Garner) ; Part I: Animals and the Harm of Death ; 1. Killing as a Welfare Issue (T.J. Kasperbauer & Peter Sandoe) ; 2. Death, Pain and Animal Life (Christopher Belshaw) ; 3. Is Death Bad for a Cow? (Ben Bradley) ; 4. The Comparative Badness for Animals of Suffering and Death (Jeff McMahan) ; 5. Animal Interests (Steven Luper) ; 6. The Value of Coming into Existence (Nils Holtug) ; Part II: Moral Evaluation of Killing Animals ; 7. Do Utilitarians Need to Accept the Replaceability Argument? (Tatjana Visak) ; 8. Singer on Killing Animals (Shelly Kagan) ; 9. A Kantian Case for Animal Rights (Christine Korsgaard) ; 10. Kantian Constructivism and the Ethics of Killing Animals (Frederike Kaldewaij) ; Part III: Killing Animals and the Politicization of Normative Ethics ; 11. Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness? Specifying the Rights of Animals (Alasdair Cochrane) ; 12. Welfare, Rights, and Non-ideal Theory (Robert Garner) ; Afterword by Peter Singer ; References ; Index
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Oxford University Press Can Animals Be Moral
Book SynopsisCan animals act for moral reasons? Philosophical tradition answers, almost univocally, no. Recent work in cognitive ethology, however, points in the other direction. Philosophical tradition has apparently convincing arguments on its side. But cognitive ethology can point to a growing body of empirical evidence that suggests these arguments must be wrong. This groundbreaking book assimilates both philosophical and ethological frameworks into a unified whole. In part, ethologists have not understood the enormous logical obstacles facing the claim that animals can act morally. But, in part also, philosophers have been guilty of over-intellectualizing crucial concepts such as moral motivation and action. Building on the ethological evidence, this book engages in meticulous philosophical analysis and argument, and the resulting answer to the question is a qualified yes. Animals can act morally in the sense they can act for moral reasons. Or, at least, they are no compelling logical obstacles to supposing that this is the case. This conclusion has important implications not just for our understanding of animals but also of the central concepts we employ in understanding the moral lives of humans, such as motivation, action, and agency.Trade ReviewCan Animals Be Moral? offers the most comprehensive analysis and evaluation to date of the traditional views underlying scepticism about the moral subjecthood of animals and it does an excellent job of clarifying the conceptual and argumentative landscape. * Robert Streifer, Mind *Philosophers will appreciate the carefulness of Rowlands's arguments, the clarity of his writing, and his understated sense of humor. * Jessica Pierce, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews. *An excellent book, not only on what it is for animals to be moral, but what it is for humans to be moral, whether one agrees with the conclusions or not. In short, it is a book on what it is to be moral per se that challenges with skill and imagination goes-without-saying preconceptions of the moral and so deserves to be widely read. * John Shand, The Philosophical Quarterly *This book makes an enormous contribution to an under-explored topic. It makes a novel and persuasive case that animals can be moral within certain limits, and lays the way for future philosophical and empirical enquiry. * Dr. Tom McClelland, Metapsychology *An important contribution to the extended field of Ethics...very crisply and also engagingly written. * Chris Bratcher, Ethical Record *I would strongly recommend this book ... to those who are studying animal behaviour and to those who are working on ethics and moral status of animals. * Martin Whiting, Animal Welfare *Table of Contents1. Can Animals be Moral? ; 2. Attributing Emotions to Animals ; 3. Moral Agents, Patients, and Subjects ; 4. The Reflection Condition: Aristotle and Kant ; 5. The Idiot ; 6. The Phenomenology of Moral Motivation ; 7. Moral Motivation and Meta-Cognition ; 8. Moral Reasons and Practice ; 9. Reconstructing Normativity and Agency ; 10. A Cognitive Ethologist from Mars
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Oxford University Press The Oxford Handbook of Animal Studies
Book SynopsisIntellectual struggles with the animal question-- how humans can rethink and reconfigure their relationships with other animals-- first began to take hold in the 1970s. Over the next forty years, scholars from a wide range of fields would make sweeping reevaluations of the relationship between humans and other animals. The Oxford Handbook of Animal Studies brings these diverse evaluations together for the first time, paying special attention to the commodification of animals, the degradation of the natural world and a staggering loss of animal habitat and species extinction, and the increasing need for humans to coexist with other animals in urban, rural and natural contexts. Linda Kalof maps these themes into the five major categories that structure this volume: Animals in the Landscape of Law, Politics and Public Policy; Animal Intentionality, Agency and Reflexive Thinking; Animals as Objects in Science, Food, Spectacle and Sport; Animals in Cultural Representations; and Animals in Ecosystems. Written by international scholars with backgrounds in philosophy, law, history, English, art, sociology, geography, archaeology, environmental studies, cultural studies, and animal advocacy, the thirty chapters in this handbook investigate key issues and concepts central to understanding our current relationship with other animals and the potential for coexistence in an ecological community of living beings.Trade ReviewOffering an outlook for healthier collaboration, these varied voices constitute a valuable and timely authority to consider while venturing on an animal studies project -- no matter from which discipline. * Liza Bauer, Kult Online *Table of ContentsPreface List of Contributors Introduction, Linda Kalof Part I. Animals in the Landscape of Law, Politics and Public Policy 1. Animal Rights, Gary Francione and Anna Charlton 2. Animals in Political Theory, Sue Donaldson and Will Kymlicka 3. Animals as Living Property, David Favre 4. The Human-Animal Bond, James Serpell 5. Animal Sheltering, Leslie Irvine 6. Roaming Dogs, Arnold Arluke and Kate Atema 7. Misothery: Contempt for Animals and Nature, Its Origins, Purposes, and Repercussions, James B. Mason 8. Continental Approaches to Animals and Animality, Ralph Acampora 9. Animals as Legal Subjects, Paul Waldau 10. The Struggle for Compassion and Justice through Critical Animal Studies, Carol Gigliotti 11. Interspecies Dialogue and Animal Ethics: The Feminist Care Perspective, Josephine Donovan Part II. Animal Intentionality, Agency and Reflexive Thinking 12. Cetacean Cognition, Lori Marino 13. History and Animal Agencies, Chris Pearson 14. What Was It Like to Be a Cow? History and Animal Studies, Erica Fudge 15. Animals as Sentient Commodities, Rhoda Wilkie 16. Animal Work, Jocelyne Porcher 17. Animals as Reflexive Thinkers: The Aponoian Paradigm, Mark Rowlands and Susana Monsó Part III. Animals as Objects in Science, Food, Spectacle and Sport 18. The Ethics of Animal Research - Theory and Practice, Bernard Rollin 19. The Ethics of Food Animal Production, Paul Thompson 20. Animals as Scientific Objects, Mike Michael 21. The Problem with Zoos, Randy Malamud 22. Wolf Hunting and the Ethics of Predator Control, John Vucetich and Michael P. Nelson Part IV. Animals in Cultural Representations 23. Practice and Ethics of the Use of Animals in Contemporary Art, Joe Zammit-Lucia 24. Animals in Folklore, Boria Sax Part V. Animals in Ecosystems 25. Archaeozoology, Juliet Clutton-Brock 26. Animals and Ecological Science, Anita Guerrini 27. Staging Privilege, Proximity, and "Extreme Animal Tourism," Jane Desmond 28. Commensal Species, Terry O'Connor 29. Lively Cities: People, Animals, and Urban Ecosystems, Marcus Owens and Jennifer Wolch 30. Animals in Religion, Stephen R. L. Clark Index
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Palgrave Macmillan An Introduction to Animals and the Law
Book SynopsisAcknowledgements Animals and the Law: The Basics Anti-Cruelty Laws Animal Welfare Laws Animal Control and Management Laws Animals, the Constitution and the Private Law The Future: Animals as Subjects, An-All-Inclusive Legal Regime Notes and References IndexTrade Review'A well- written and wide ranging addition to the growing animal law canon. This work provides a valuable resource to students, researchers, lawyers, judges, advocates, and academics. It offers insight into animal law that it is useful to non lawyers as well. The book explores the most important themes in animal law while addressing the fundamental theories upon which that work is based.' - Kathy Hessler, Lewis & Clark Law School, USA 'Rather breath taking in scope, this new scholarly book by Professor Schaffner seeks to introduce the reader to the world of animal law, ethic and public policy. While there is a primary focus on the US, the book also includes a number of issues and examples from around the globe. It is more complex than a simple recitation of the present law, as it also is a critic of the failures of the present system and an introduction to the ethics which support enhancing the legal status animals. It is an excellent introduction to the complex and contradictory world of animal law, ethics and public policy.' - David Favre, Michigan State University College of Law, USA '...fact-filled and tremendously useful...By detailing the inconsistencies and absurdities of animal law as it is currently practiced, Schaffner has provided activists with a valuable tool for engaging in legislative advocacy. As a source of information, a critique of current law, and most importantly a manifesto for a future world in which animal law protects the interests of animals rather than the interests of humans in using animals, An Introduction to Animals and the Law is a vital resource for anyone who wants to change the world for animals and lives within a nation of laws...' - The Hen HouseTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Animals and the Law: The Basics Anti-Cruelty Laws Animal Welfare Laws Animal Control and Management Laws Animals, the Constitution and the Private Law The Future: Animals as Subjects, An-All-Inclusive Legal Regime Notes and References Index
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Dorling Kindersley Ltd Kindness Club Squirrel Learns to Forgive
Book SynopsisElla Law is a prolific children's author with a strong international presence. She is happiest writing stories for a pre-school audience and loves the challenge of creating a world of irresistible characters with lots of opportunities for adventure... a world just like Rainbow Island where the Kindness Club can be found.Ella has created award-winning children's animation and brings a very visual approach to all her writing. The hallmark of her work is her child-centred focus and she always knows just how to engage with her audience. Ella gets most of her ideas on her daily walks in the countryside.
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Hachette Books Wolf Nation
Book SynopsisIn the tradition of Peter Matthiessen''s Wildlife in America or Aldo Leopold, Brenda Peterson tells the 300-year history of wild wolves in America. It is also our own history, seen through our relationship with wolves. The earliest Americans revered them. Settlers zealously exterminated them. Now, scientists, writers, and ordinary citizens are fighting to bring them back to the wild. Peterson, an eloquent voice in the battle for twenty years, makes the powerful case that without wolves, not only will our whole ecology unravel, but we''ll lose much of our national soul.
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Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc Straw Dogs
Book SynopsisThe British bestseller Straw Dogs is an exciting, radical work of philosophy, which sets out to challenge our most cherished assumptions about what it means to be human. From Plato to Christianity, from the Enlightenment to Nietzsche and Marx, the Western tradition has been based on arrogant and erroneous beliefs about human beings and their place in the world. Philosophies such as liberalism and Marxism think of humankind as a species whose destiny is to transcend natural limits and conquer the Earth. John Gray argues that this belief in human difference is a dangerous illusion and explores how the world and human life look once humanism has been finally abandoned. The result is an exhilarating, sometimes disturbing book that leads the reader to question our deepest-held beliefs. Will Self, in the New Statesman, called Straw Dogs his book of the year: I read it once, I read it twice and took notes . . . I thought it that good. Nothing will get you thinking as m
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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Animal RightsHuman Rights
Book SynopsisThis accessible and cutting-edge work offers a new look at the history of western civilization, one that brings into focus the interrelated suffering of oppressed humans and other animals. Nibert argues persuasively that throughout history the exploitation of other animals has gone hand in hand with the oppression of women, people of color, and other oppressed groups. He maintains that the oppression both of humans and of other species of animals is inextricably tangled within the structure of social arrangements. Nibert asserts that human use and mistreatment of other animals are not natural and do little to further the human condition. Nibert''s analysis emphasizes the economic and elite-driven character of prejudice, discrimination, and institutionalized repression of humans and other animals. His examination of the economic entanglements of the oppression of human and other animals is supplemented with an analysis of ideological forces and the use of state power in this sociologiTrade ReviewThe unbridled capitalism of the petrochemical-pharmaceutical, medical, and agricultural and energy industrial complexes, combined with the military and other government and nongovernmental establishments and organizations, has created a huge market and much wealth out of the exploitation and degradation of human and other life, harming the soil, our food, our health, and our quality of life. . . . This brilliant and well-referenced book, long overdue, is an incisive critque of the global problematique of Western civilization and the American way. -- Michael W. Fox, veterinarian, author, and syndicated columnistThis book should be essentail reading for all undergraduate students in the sciences and the humanities. David Nibert helps show us the way to a more humane and visable future. -- Michael W. Fox, veterinarian, author, and syndicated columnistA groundbreaking study of the interrelated oppressions of humans and other animals; rich in historical context, well-researched and well-written, a compelling revelation. -- Michael Parenti, author of The Face of Imperialism and God and His DemonsWe live no separate history—oppression and denial harm both workers and the other animals. Yet common oppressions present an uncommon challenge. David Nibert moves the analysis to the next step with Animal Rights/Human Rights. In these pages are important insights, urgent connections, and a vital, liberating theory. -- Carol J. Adams, author of The Sexual Politics of MeatNibert presents a highly provocative, engaging, and accessible discussion of how capitalism has commodified the interests of both humans and nonhumans, and that the 'freedom' supposedly provided by capitalism results in the oppression of us all. The animal rights movement—particularly in the United States—has largely ignored the economic underpinnings of animal exploitation. And American progressives have largely ignored the issue of animal rights. Nibert's book is essential reading for both groups. -- Gary L. Francione, Distinguished Professor of Law; Katzenbach Scholar of Law & Philosophy, Rutgers UniversityIs capitalism all that it's cracked up to be? Or is something wrong when kids (who can afford to) can explore the whole universe over the Internet, yet are not safe enough to walk their own neighborhood streets? When a man who can entertain himself (and does) with all manner of techno-gadgetry, takes 'time out' to shoot deer and doves for fun? Thoughtful, engaging, and filled with gripping examples from the history books of how prejudice and economic bullying can create true misery for the have-nots of any race, gender, or species. Far more than dinner table discussion, this is food for progressive thought. -- Ingrid Newkirk, president, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)Table of ContentsPart 1 Foreword Part 2 Introduction Chapter 3 1 Toward A Sociological Analysis of Animal Oppression Chapter 4 2 Economic Basis of Animal Oppression Chapter 5 3 Capitalist Expansion and Oppression Chapter 6 4 The Growth of Agribusiness and Global Oppression Chapter 7 5 Oppression and the Capitalist State Chapter 8 6 The Social Construction of Speciesist Reality Chapter 9 7 Toward A United Struggle against Oppression
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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Empty Cages
Book SynopsisDescribed by Jeffrey Masson as ''the single best introduction to animal rights ever written,'' this new book by Tom Regan will structure the animal rights debate for generations to come. In a style at once simple and elegant, Regan dispels the negative image of animal rights advocates perpetrated by the mass media, unmasks the fraudulent rhetoric of ''humane treatment'' favored by animal exploiters, and explains why existing laws function to legitimize institutional cruelty. Written by the leading philosophical spokesperson for animal rights, Tom Regan''s shocking exposZ of animal abuse makes an essential and lasting contribution that will significantly impact the history of animal rights advocacy in America.Trade ReviewTom Regan's Empty Cages is a powerful call for justice on one of the most urgent issues human society faces. Calmly, lucidly, he asks readers to confront the miserable conditions we have inflicted on animals—not only in the familiar cases of factory farming, product testing, and hunting, but in less well-documented areas such as greyhound racing and circus performance. Answering the charge that advocates for animal rights are crazy extremists, he shows convincingly that they are, instead, thoughtful people who follow an argument to its logical conclusion. The reader has three choices: find a flaw in the argument, work for change, or throw the book away and try to forget it. The indelible force of Regan's argument makes the third course very difficult. -- Martha C. Nussbaum, University of ChicagoEmpty Cages will do for the animal rights movement what Silent Spring did for the environmental movement. -- Howard Lyman, author of Mad Cowboy"If you are only going to read one book about animal rights, this is the one to read." -- Ray Greek, M.D., co-author of Specious ScienceTom Regan delivers a searing indictment of the way we treat animals in the world we have made for ourselves, and presents a trenchant case that animals have or should have rights in the same way that human beings have. -- J. M. Coetzee, winner of the 2003 Nobel Prize for LiteratureThe book you are holding in your hands is, in my estimation, the single best introduction to the topic of animal rights ever written. -- Jeffery Moussaieff MassonEvery veterinarian should read Tom Regan's Empty Cages, and every student of veterinary medicine should be required to read it. This book is important to the future integrity of our profession." -- Jean Greek, DVM, DACVD, co-author of Specious ScienceEvery so often a book is written that is destined to change the way people think. Tom Regan has written just such a book. Empty Cages is compelling because it is logical, rational, and written in an elegantly simple style. It will educate and sadden you, and make you angry, but never is it inflammatory. Reading it may not convert you into an animal rights advocate, at least not immediately, but it will most definitely give you an understanding of and sympathy for the movement. And all animals, everywhere, will benefit. Please buy this book, read it, and tell your friends about it. Everyone needs a copy on their bookshelf. -- Jane GoodallTom Regan is the Tom Paine of animal rights, the rational visionary who, while passionately defending the rights of man, no less passionately defends the rights of animals. His contributions are historically unprecedented. The animal rights movement may have evolved from the humane feelings of compassion and mercy. In Tom Regan, it has found the voice of reason. -- Paul Watson, co-founder of Greenpeace, founder and president of the Sea Shepherd Conservation SocietyEmpty Cages is a long-awaited and much-welcomed personal and heartfelt book written by the 'dean' of the modern animal rights movement. Covering a broad range of important topics in an easy-to-read style, Tom Regan dispenses with misleading stereotypes about animal advocates and shows how nonsensical it is to label those who work on behalf of animals as 'radicals' or 'extremists.' . . . Empty Cages is a must-read and deserves the widest of audiences. -- Marc Bekoff, author of The Animals' Agenda: Freedom, Compassion, and Coexistence in the Human Age and Canine Confidential: Why Dogs Do What They DoAnimal factory farmers hide behind such phrases as 'humane treatment' and 'responsible care.' Tom Regan gently but honestly takes you into the hog and chicken barns, onto the cattle feedlots; after that, it is up to you. This thoughtful book deserves a wide readership. -- Maxine Kumin, Pulitzer Prize winning poet and author of Always Beginning: Essays on a Life in Poetry (2000)The major animal user industries and governments throughout the world say they treat animals 'humanely.' Empty Cages exposes the myth. Compassionate people will be outraged when they read about the mind-numbing cruelty inflicted upon our fellow creatures. The challenge of animal rights is simple: Treat other animals with the same respect that we would treat one another—a truly revolutionary idea. -- Jeremy Rifkin, author of The Biotech Century and Beyond BeefTom Regan's Empty Cages is for everyone who cares about animals: It will inform those new to animal advocacy, inspire those already on the front lines, and empower both. This book will define the future vitality and growth of the animal rights movement for generations to come. If you want the full story about animal rights, you must read Empty Cages. -- Kim Stallwood, president, Institute for Animals and SocietyIn a world where exploitation of other species has become mechanized and institutionalized, the animals need a spokesman. That voice belongs to Tom Regan, whose Empty Cages is a clearly written, eloquent argument in favor of compassion for the beings with which we share the planet. Far from a polemic, it's an appeal to reason. Like Matthew Scully's Dominion, the book is both a personal story of Regan's own evolution to animal rights and a ringing critique of the casual cruelty that has come to inform our daily lives. Read this book and you'll think twice about eating meat, watching a circus, wearing fur or supporting animal-based research. -- Jim Motavalli, editor, E: The Environmental MagazineAll who care for animals, and those who see animal rights advocacy as misanthropic extremism should read this book. It is a rude awakening—and a clarion call—exposing the sham of 'humane standards' and the lie of 'unavoidable necessity' touted by the industries of cruel animal exploitation. Tom Regan argues with logic and compassion why such outrageous mistreatment must be abolished for the good of all. -- Michael W. Fox, veterinarian, author, and syndicated columnistTom Regan is a brilliant visionary. His new book, Empty Cages, debunks myths and exposes unscrupulous practices hidden from public view. People who are willing to 'question authority' need to read this original, illuminating, and thorough examination of the case for animal rights. -- Neal Barnard, M.D., president, Physicians Committee for Responsible MedicineThis is the book that will inspire the next wave of animal rights activism. And the next wave after that one. -- Gary Kowalski, author, The Bible According to Noah and Science and the Search for GodEmpty Cages is among the most important books ever written on the great subject of how we humans treat and relate to animals. A rare and special book that can help us to awaken to our humanity. -- John Robbins, author of Diet For A New America and The Food Revolution[This book] is an invaluable introduction to a critical re-examination of our relationship to animals. It deserves to be widely read. * New Scientist *Empty Cages' greatest contribution is the frank assessment of the current state of the movement and the blueprint for 'Moving Forward.' . . . Empty Cages was also an enjoyable read. -- Robert Leonard * The American Vegan *Of value to everyone. * Vegnews *Professor Regan's book is like no other. It has all the virtues of good philosophy, but is unique in that it tells the story of how he began to see that respect for animals requires vegetarianism.Empty Cages is an excellent introduction for newcomers to the world of animal rights. * Animal Guardian *"This book is persuasive." -- M.L. * The Environmental Magazine *Table of ContentsPart 1 PROLOGUE: The Cat Part 2 PART I NORMAN ROCKWELL AMERICANS Chapter 3 Who Are You Animal Rights Advocates Anyway? Chapter 4 How Did You Get That Way? Part 5 PART II MORAL RIGHTS: WHAT THEY ARE AND WHY THEY MATTER Chapter 6 Human Rights Chapter 7 Animal Rights Part 8 PART III SAYING AND DOING Chapter 9 What We Learn from Alice Part 10 PART IV THE METAMORPHOSES Chapter 11 Turning Animals into Food Chapter 12 Turning Animals into Clothes Chapter 13 Turning Animals into Performers Chapter 14 Turning Animals into Competitors Chapter 15 Turning Animals into Tools Part 16 PART V MANY HANDS ON MANY OARS Chapter 17 "Yes . . . but . . ." Chapter 18 EPILOGUE The Cat
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Animal Rights and Wrongs
Book SynopsisA revised and improved edition of a book in continuing demand.Do animals have rights? If not, do we have duties towards them? If so, what duties?These and a myriad of other issues are discussed in this brilliantly argued book, published in association with the leading think-tank Demos.Why are animal-rights groups so keen to protect the rights of badgers and foxes but not of rats mice or even humans? How can we bridge the growing gap between rural producers and urban consumers? Why is raising animals for fur more heinous than raising them for their meat? Are we as human beings driving other species either to extinction or to a state of dependency? This paperback edition is fully updated with new chapters on the livestoick crisis, fishing and BSE and a layman''s guide introduction to philosophical concepts, the book presents a radical respponse to the defenders of animal rights and a challenge to those who think that because they are kind to their pets, they are therefore good news for aTrade Review"'Scruton's view of animals grows out of a thoroughly worked-out account of the moral life, the only one which does justice to every one of morality's principal sources' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH"Table of ContentsPreface; Metaphysics; The Moral Being; Life, Death, Joy and Suffering, The Moral Margin, The Roots of Moral Thinking/The Rational Basis of Moral Judgement; The Moral Status of Animals; Duty and the Beast: Moral Conclusions; Morality and the Law; Appendix; Glossary of Philosophical Terms; Notes; Index.
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