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Book SynopsisDefends the view that any sentient conative being is morally significant, a view that supports the moral status and rights of many nonhuman animals
Trade Review"Evelyn Pluhar has written an important book that discusses key issues in developing moral thought about our treatment of non-human animals. Arguing that past writing in the area has failed to justify the moral significance of non-humans, Pluhar offers an original contribution designed to provide that justification. Her scholarship is exacting; her writing style lively, lucid, and accessible. There can be no doubt that
Beyond Prejudice will stimulate much important debate about the topic of the rights of nonhumans."—Gary L. Francione, Rutgers University, School of Law
"This book joins the illustrious company of Peter Singer’s
Animal Liberation and Tom Regan’s
The Case for Animal Rights as one of the most important books of the last two decades dedicated to changing our prejudiced attitudes and practices toward non-human animals."—Owen Flanagan, Duke University
Table of ContentsForeword by Bernard E. Rollin ix
Preface xi
Human "Superiority" and the Argument from Marginal Cases 1
Responses to the Argument from Marginal Cases 67
Speciesism and Full Personhood 124
Utilitarianism and the Protection of Innocent Life 179
Justification and Judgment: Claiming and Respecting Basic Moral Rights 224
Notes 303
Bibliography 349
Index 361
