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• Introduction: Animals, justice and nonideal theory
• Contractarianism, animals and justice
• Why animals need justice
• Indirect duties, virtue ethics and animals
• The animal welfare ethic
• Animal rights and justice
• Three positions rejected
• Animal rights as ideal and nonideal theory
• The argument from marginal cases revisited
• Conclusion.

Are animals worthy recipients of justice? If so, what do we owe them, and what is to be gained by using the language of justice when considering our duties toward them? A Theory of Justice for Animals, written by one of the foremost scholars of animal ethics, argues that not only are animals worthy recipients of justice, but that the language of justice offers a stronger base of claims for animal advocates than does the language of ethics or morality. It also claims that a genuinely political theory of animal rights is incomplete if it does not go beyond the level of ideal theory. This is the first account of animal ethics to use nonideal theory, and it does so to plot a course from where we are now to where we want to be. Advancing what he calls the enhanced sentience position, Robert Garner argues that a valid theory of justice for animals should be rights-based, and that animals have a right to not suffer at the hands of humans. At the same time, he argues that humans have a greater interest in life and liberty than most species of nonhuman animals. Tackling animal ethics as it relates to justice and non-ideal theory, this is a seminal work that will challenge traditional approaches and offer a compelling new vision of animal justice.
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• Preface
• Chapter 1: General Information
• Why do we need to know what is meant by <"animal rights>"?
• Who, what are <"animals>"?
• Where do we find <"them>"?
• Is concern for animal rights new?
• Chapter 2: The Animals Themselves
• What do we know about animals' realities?
• Why do their realities matter?
• How does science categorize animals?
• How valuable is this scientific map in animal rights discussions?
• How valuable are the non-scientific categories we use when classifying animals?
• What do we know about numbers?
• Who, what are companion animals?
• Which animals are research animals, and how are they treated?
• What is the situation with entertainment animals?
• What is the status of animals used for food?
• What about work and production animals?
• Is today's widespread concern for food and production animals new?
• Who, what are wildlife?
• Are wild animals more truly <"animal>" than are companion, food, production and research animals?
• What other categories are popular?
• Chapter 3: Philosophical Arguments
• How do moral rights differ from legal rights?
• What role has philosophy played in the modern animal right movement?
• What have been the principal philosophical arguments about the moral importance of animals?
• What does philosophy suggest about our <"knowledge>" of other animals?
• Chapter 4: History and Culture
• When did animal protection first occur?
• Does animal protection occur in all cultures?
• Has there been an increase in the number of people protecting animals?
• Is it now possible to tell the full story of the humans' efforts at animal protection?
• Chapter 5: Laws
• What is (traditional) law on animals?
• What is happening today in <"animal law>"?
• Legal Education
• Litigation
• Legislation
• Enforcement
• What is the role of legal rights in <"animal rights>" debates?
• What is the significance of the <"rights versus welfare>" debate?
• What is possible under today's developing animal law?
• Is it likely that law, lawyers, and legislation will lead our societies in changes regarding the status of animals?
• Chapter 6: Political Realities
• What are the political realities for animals today?
• What successes have there been in politics?
• What failures have there been?
• What is the overall state of today's animal protection movement?
• What are the prospects today for legal rights for animals?
• What are the prospects for moral rights?
• What has been the role of the anti-vivisection movement?
• How significant is today's <"Alternatives Movement>"?
• What about Public Policy? Is there any movement here?
• What will be the impact of the increasingly high profile and heavy funding of public health initiatives?
• What is the relationship of animal protection concerns to the worldwide environmental movement?
• Does animal protection mean job losses?
• What impact do ethnic and national food traditions have in animal rights discussions?
• What role do religious traditions play in the politics of animal protection?
• Chapter 7: Social Realities
• What are the prevailing attitudes today in different societies regarding animals?
• What is our heritage?
• What importance have compassion and anti-cruelty had in the past?
• How are attitudes changing today?
• How well informed are modern consumers about current practices regarding animals?
• What about circuses and zoos? Do they educate us or imprison us?
• What is the role of sanctuaries?
• What animals are in the city?
• Chapter 8: Education and the Arts
• What is the most effective way of learning about animals?
• What has been the traditional role of animals in education?
• Have compassion and anti-cruelty been important values in education?
• What is happening in earliest (elementary) levels of education?
• What about secondary education (high schools)?
• What is happening in colleges and universities?
• What is the field of <"animal studies>"?
• What is the role of the professions and professional schools?
• What has been the role of the arts?
• Chapter 9: Contemporary Sciences
• What is the role of science generally in our knowledge and treatment of animals outside our species?
• Which natural sciences have played important roles in our understanding of animals?
• Which social sciences today contribute to our understanding of animals?
• Which animals are intelligent or self-aware?
• Do other animals have their own communities?
• Do animals have emotions?
• Chapter 10: Major Figures and Organizations in the Animal Rights Movement
• Two Henries-Salt and Spira
• Two Theologians-Schweitzer and Linzey
• Insightful Women-Ruth Harrison and Rosalind Godlovitz
• Key Philosophers-Peter Singer and Tom Regan
• From Welfare to Rights-Richard Ryder and Bernard Rollin
• Creative Pioneering Across Boundaries-Betty Lawrence and Carol Adams
• The Law Arrives-Joyce Tischler and Steven Wise
• From New Zealand to Austria-Barbara Leonard and Martin Balluch
• Sanctuary-Carol Noon, Carol Buckley, Dame Sheldrick, Lisa Kane
• Leadership in India-Maneka Gandhi and Raj Panjwani
• Leadership in China-Song Wei and Jill Robinson
• Ingrid Newkirk
• Wayne Pacelle and Gene Baur
• Chapter 11: The Future of Animal Rights
• Who are the others who join us in the more-than-human community?
• Can ethics work hand-in-hand with science?
• What is the role of the individual citizen?
• What is the role of nonprofit organizations?
• What is the role of corporations?
• What is the role of municipalities and villages and other local communities?
• What is the role of provinces, states and countries in animal protection?
• Glossary
• Chronology of Important Events
• Suggestions for Further Reading
• Index.
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In this compelling volume in the What Everyone Needs to Know series, Paul Waldau expertly navigates the many heated debates surrounding the complex and controversial animal rights movement. Organized around a series of probing questions, this timely resource offers the most complete, even-handed survey of the animal rights movement available. The book covers the full spectrum of issues, beginning with a clear, highly instructive definition of animal rights. Waldau looks at the different concerns surrounding companion animals, wild animals, research animals, work animals, and animals used for food, provides a no-nonsense assessment of the treatment of animals, and addresses the philosophical and legal arguments that form the basis of animal rights. Along the way, readers will gain insight into the history of animal protection-as well as the political and social realities facing animals today-and become familiar with a range of hot-button topics, from animal cognition and autonomy, to attempts to balance animal cruelty versus utility. Chronicled here are many key figures and organizations responsible for moving the animal rights movement forward, as well as legislation and public policy that have been carried out around the world in the name of animal rights and animal protection. The final chapter of this indispensable volume looks ahead to the future of animal rights, and delivers an animal protection mandate for citizens, scientists, governments, and other stakeholders. With its multidisciplinary, non-ideological focus and all-inclusive coverage, Animal Rights represents the definitive survey of the animal rights movement-one that will engage every reader and student of animal rights, animal law, and environmental ethics.
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• Introduction--
• 1. The Depth of Meat Eating--
• 2. An Unspoken Contract?--
• 3. Vegetarianism and Puritanism--
• 4. Diet and Sustainability--
• 5. The Impossible Scenario--
• 6. Love for Pets--
• 7. Experimentation in Context-- Further Reading-- Index.
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From vegetarianism to scientific experimentation, this book is an ethical exploration of our responsibilities to the animals with whom we share the planet. Issues to do with animal ethics remain at the heart of public debate. In "Beyond Animal Rights", Tony Milligan goes beyond standard discussions of animal ethics to explore the ways in which we personally relate to other creatures through our diet, as pet owners and as beneficiaries of experimentation. The book connects with our duty to act and considers why previous discussions have failed to result in a change in the way that we live our lives. The author asks a crucial question: what sort of people do we have to become if we are to sufficiently improve the ways in which we relate to the non-human? Appealing to both consequences and character, he argues that no improvement will be sufficient if it fails to set humans on a path towards a tolerable and sustainable future. Focussing on our direct relations to the animals we connect with the book offers guidance on all the relevant issues, including veganism and vegetarianism, the organic movement, pet ownership, and animal experimentation. "Think Now" is a new series of books which examines central contemporary social and political issues from a philosophical perspective. These books aim to be accessible, rather than overly technical, bringing philosophical rigour to modern questions which matter the most to us. Provocative yet engaging, the authors take a stand on political and cultural themes of interest to any intelligent reader.
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Issues to do with animal ethics remain at the heart of public debate. In Beyond Animal Rights, Tony Milligan goes beyond standard discussions of animal ethics to explore the ways in which we personally relate to other creatures through our diet, as pet owners and as beneficiaries of experimentation. The book connects with our duty to act and considers why previous discussions have failed to result in a change in the way that we live our lives. The author asks a crucial question: what sort of people do we have to become if we are to sufficiently improve the ways in which we relate to the non-human? Appealing to both consequences and character, he argues that no improvement will be sufficient if it fails to set humans on a path towards a tolerable and sustainable future. Focussing on our direct relations to the animals we connect with the book offers guidance on all the relevant issues, including veganism and vegetarianism, the organic movement, pet ownership, and animal experimentation.
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• Part I - Moral Theory and Animals-- Part II - Animals Rights and Legal Rights-- Part III - The Use and Abuse of Animals in Research-- Part IV - Mortality and Pet Animals-- Part V - Animal Agriculture.
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It's been over two decades since the first edition of this landmark book garnered public accolades for its sensitive yet honest and forthright approach to the many disquieting questions surrounding the emotional debate over animal rights. Is moral concern something owed by human beings only to human beings? Drawing upon his philosophical expertise, his extensive experience of working with animal issues all over the world, and his knowledge of biological science, Bernard E. Rollin - now widely recognised as the father of veterinary ethics - develops a compelling analysis of animal rights as it is emerging in society. The result is a sound basis for rational discussion and social policy development in this area of rapidly growing concern. He believes that society must elevate the moral status of animals and protect their rights as determined by their natures. His public speaking and published works have contributed to passage of major federal legislation designed to increase the well-being of laboratory animals. This new third edition is greatly expanded and includes a new chapter on animal agriculture, plus additional discussions of animal law, companion animal issues, genetic engineering, animal pain, animal research, and many other topics.
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• INTRODUCTION: WHAT ARE ANIMAL RIGHTS?-- PART I: CURRENT DEBATES--
• 1. Animal Rights, One Step at a Time--
• 2. Animal Rights: Legal, Philosophical and Pragmatic Perspectives--
• 3. Ethics Beyond Species and Beyond Instincts: A Reply to Richard Posner--
• 4. Eating Meat and Eating People--
• 5. Taking Animal Interests Seriously--
• 6. Animals as Objects, or Subjects, of Rights--
• 7. Drawing Lines--
• 8. All Animals are Not Equal: The Interface Between Scientific Knowledge and Legislation for Animal Rights-- PART II: NEW DIRECTIONS--
• 9. Foxes in the Hen House: Animals, Agribusiness and the Law--
• 10. A New Property Status for Animals: Equitable Self-Ownership--
• 11. Can Animals Sue?--
• 12. Of Mice and Men: A Feminist Fragment on Animal Rights--
• 13. Animal Rights and the Values of Nonhuman Life--
• 14. "Beyond Compassion and Humanity": Justice for Non-Human Animals.
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Contributors to this volume explore the legal and political issues that underlie the campaign for animal rights and the opposition to it. Ethical questions on ownership, protection against suffering and the ability of animals to make their own choices free from human control are thought-provokingly examined.
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• INTRODUCTION: WHAT ARE ANIMAL RIGHTS?-- PART I: CURRENT DEBATES--
• 1. Animal Rights, One Step at a Time--
• 2. Animal Rights: Legal, Philosophical and Pragmatic Perspectives--
• 3. Ethics Beyond Species and Beyond Instincts: A Reply to Richard Posner--
• 4. Eating Meat and Eating People--
• 5. Taking Animal Interests Seriously--
• 6. Animals as Objects, or Subjects, of Rights--
• 7. Drawing Lines--
• 8. All Animals are Not Equal: The Interface Between Scientific Knowledge and Legislation for Animal Rights-- PART II: NEW DIRECTIONS--
• 9. Foxes in the Hen House: Animals, Agribusiness and the Law--
• 10. A New Property Status for Animals: Equitable Self-Ownership--
• 11. Can Animals Sue?--
• 12. Of Mice and Men: A Feminist Fragment on Animal Rights--
• 13. Animal Rights and the Values of Nonhuman Life--
• 14. "Beyond Compassion and Humanity": Justice for Non-Human Animals.
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Contributors to this volume explore the legal and political issues that underlie the campaign for animal rights and the opposition to it. Ethical questions on ownership, protection against suffering and the ability of animals to make their own choices free from human control are thought-provokingly examined.
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• INTRODUCTION: WHAT ARE ANIMAL RIGHTS?-- PART I: CURRENT DEBATES--
• 1. Animal Rights, One Step at a Time--
• 2. Animal Rights: Legal, Philosophical and Pragmatic Perspectives--
• 3. Ethics Beyond Species and Beyond Instincts: A Reply to Richard Posner--
• 4. Eating Meat and Eating People--
• 5. Taking Animal Interests Seriously--
• 6. Animals as Objects, or Subjects, of Rights--
• 7. Drawing Lines--
• 8. All Animals are Not Equal: The Interface Between Scientific Knowledge and Legislation for Animal Rights-- PART II: NEW DIRECTIONS--
• 9. Foxes in the Hen House: Animals, Agribusiness and the Law--
• 10. A New Property Status for Animals: Equitable Self-Ownership--
• 11. Can Animals Sue?--
• 12. Of Mice and Men: A Feminist Fragment on Animal Rights--
• 13. Animal Rights and the Values of Nonhuman Life--
• 14. "Beyond Compassion and Humanity": Justice for Non-Human Animals.
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Contributors to this volume explore the legal and political issues that underlie the campaign for animal rights and the opposition to it. Ethical questions on ownership, protection against suffering and the ability of animals to make their own choices free from human control are thought-provokingly examined.
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• Creation of the universe / Plato
• Animals are not political / Aristotle
• Animals are not rational creatures / St. Thomas Aquinas
• The human and the beast / Niccolo Machiavelli
• Animals as automata / Rene Descartes
• Animals have no language / Thomas Hobbes
• Understanding in animals / John Locke
• A response to Locke / George Berkeley
• Of the reason of animals / David Hume
• On animal souls / G.W. Leibniz
• Freedom of the will / Jean-Jacques Rousseau
• Organic differences / Johann G. Herder
• Animals have no concepts / Artur Schopenhauer
• Animals are not self-aware / G.W.F. Hegel
• An animal is not a species being / Karl Marx
• On the genius of species / Friedrich Nietzsche
• The lure of the simple distinction / Mary Midgley
• The Golden Age / Plato
• Animals are for our use / Aristotle
• Rational domination / St. Augustine
• Unrestricted dominion / St. Thomas Aquinas
• Difference does not justify domination / Michel E. de Montaigne
• Animals in the cosmic hierarchy / Richard Hooker
• The right of nature / Thomas Hobbes
• Dominion is subject to law / Samuel Pufendorf
• The workmanship model / John Locke
• Responsibility to the work / Alexander Pope
• Animals do not make war on humans / Jean-Jacques Rousseau
• Animals may be used / Immanuel Kant
• Dominion and property / Johann Gottlieb Fichte
• The limits to power / John Stuart Mill
• Animals as utilities / Henry Sidgwick
• Nature teaches mutual aid / Peter Kropotkin
• Dominion as power / Bertrand Russell
• Critique of the principle of domination / Max Horkheimer
• Dominion is social / Rosalind Coward
• Justice requires friendship / Aristotle
• No friendship with irrational creatures / St. Thomas Aquinas
• Exclusion from friendship is not rational / Michel E. de Montaigne
• The governance of animals / Thomas Hobbes
• Animals have no intrinsic rights / Samuel Pufendorf
• Cruelty is not natural / John Locke
• No justice without equality / David Hume
• Differences do not justify inequality / Humphry Primatt
• Duties to animals are indirect / Immanuel Kant
• Animals are not constitutional persons / James Madison
• The inalienable rights of animals / Herman Daggett
• All nature suffers / William Godwin
• Limits to the rights over animals / Artur Schopenhauer
• Duty to minimize suffering / Jeremy Bentham
• Duties to animals are direct / John Stuart Mill
• The principle of animal rights / Henry Salt
• Pity for animals / Friedrich Nietsche
• Duties to life / Albert Schweitzer
• Outside the scope of the theory of justice / John Rawls
• The rights of animals / Brigid Brophy
• All animals are equal / Peter Singer
• Constraints and animals / Robert Nozick
• The feminist challenge / Lynda Birke
• The struggle for animal rights / Tom Regan.

This comprehensive and diverse anthology, the only one of its kind, illuminates the complex evolution of moral thought regarding animals and includes writings from ancient Greece to the present. Animal Rights reveals the ways in which a variety of thinkers have addressed such issues as our ethical responsibilities for the welfare of animals, whether animals have rights, and what it means to be human.
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An exploration of animal cognition along the evolutionary spectrum - from children to other intelligent primates to dolphins, parrots, elephants, dogs and even honeybees. Steven Wise finds answers to the big question in animal rights today: Where do we draw the line? He presents a firsthand account of the investigations of animal experts: Cynthia Moss and the affectionate families of Amboseli; Irene Pepperberg and her grey parrot, Alex; and Penny Paterson with the gorilla Koko. In many cases, Wise was even able to sustain an extended conversation with these extraordinary creatures.
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Here, for the first time, the world's two leading authorities - Tom Regan, who argues for animal rights, and Carl Cohen, who argues against them - make their respective case before the public at large. The very terms of the debate will never be the same. This seminal moment in the history of the controversy over animal rights will influence the direction of this debate throughout the rest of the century. Visit our website for sample chapters!.
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Do animals have rights? Is it wrong to use mice or dogs in research, or rabbits and cows as food? How ought we resolve conflicts between the interests of humans and those of other animals? In this volume, the animal rights debate is argued by two philosophers who represent opposing camps.
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• PART I: AN ACCOUNT OF MORAL STATUS.
• 1. THE CONCEPT OF MORAL STATUS--
• 2. REVERENCE FOR LIFE--
• 3. SENTIENCE AND THE UTILITARIAN CALCULUS--
• 4. PERSONHOOD AND MORAL RIGHTS--
• 5. THE RELEVANCE OF RELATIONSHIPS--
• 6. A MULTI-CRITERIAL ANALYSIS OF MORAL STATUS. PART II: SELECTED APPLICATIONS.
• 7. APPLYING THE PRINCIPLES--
• 8. EUTHANASIA AND THE MORAL STATUS OF HUMAN BEINGS--
• 9. ABORTION AND HUMAN RIGHTS--
• 10. ANIMAL RIGHTS AND HUMAN LIMITATIONS--
• 11. CONCLUSION. BIBLIOGRAPHY-- INDEX.
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Mary Anne Warren explores a theoretical question which lies at the heart of practical ethics: what are the criteria for having moral status? In other words, what are the criteria for being an entity towards which people have moral obligations? Some philosophers maintain that there is one intrinsic property-for instance, life, sentience, humanity, or moral agency. Others believe that relational properties, such as belonging to a human community, are more important. In Part I of the book, Warren argues that no single property can serve as the sole criterion for moral status; instead, life, sentience, moral agency, and social and biotic relationships are all relevant, each in a different way. She presents seven basic principles, each focusing on a property that can, in combination with others, legitimately affect an agent's moral obligations towards entities of a given type. In Part II, these principles are applied in an examination of three controversial ethical issues: voluntary euthanasia, abortion.
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It's been more than two decades since the first edition of this landmark book garnered public accolades for its sensitive yet honest and forthright approach to the many disquieting questions surrounding the emotional debate over animal rights. Is moral concern something owed by human beings only to human beings? Drawing upon his philosophical expertise, his extensive experience of working with animal issues all over the world, and his knowledge of biological science, Bernard E Rollin - now widely recognised as the father of veterinary ethics - develops a compelling analysis of animal rights as it is emerging in society.The result is a sound basis for rational discussion and social policy development in this area of rapidly growing concern. He believes that society must elevate the moral status of animals and protect their rights as determined by their natures. His public speaking and published works have contributed to passage of major federal legislation designed to increase the well-being of laboratory animals. This new Third Edition is greatly expanded and includes a new chapter on animal agriculture, plus additional discussions of animal law, companion animal issues, genetic engineering, animal pain, animal research, and many other topics.
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• Preface--
• 1. Moral argument and moral theory--
• 2. Utilitarianism and contractualism--
• 3. Utilitarianism and animal suffering--
• 4. Utilitarianism and the harm of killing--
• 5. Contractualism and animals--
• 6. Animals and rational agency--
• 7. Contractualism and character--
• 8. Animals and conscious experience-- Conclusion-- Notes-- Index.
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Do animals have moral rights? In contrast to the philosophical gurus of the animal rights movement, whose opinion has held moral sway in recent years, Peter Carruthers here claims that they do not. He explores a variety of moral theories, arguing that animals lack direct moral significance. This provocative but judiciously argued book will appeal to all those interested in animal rights, whatever their initial standpoint. It will also serve as a lively introduction to ethics, demonstrating why theoretical issues in ethics actually matter.
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• Preface--
• 1. Moral argument and moral theory--
• 2. Utilitarianism and contractualism--
• 3. Utilitarianism and animal suffering--
• 4. Utilitarianism and the harm of killing--
• 5. Contractualism and animals--
• 6. Animals and rational agency--
• 7. Contractualism and character--
• 8. Animals and conscious experience-- Conclusion-- Notes-- Index.
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Do animals have moral rights? In contrast to the philosophical gurus of the animal rights movement, whose opinion has held moral sway in recent years, Peter Carruthers here claims that they do not. He explores a variety of moral theories, arguing that animals lack direct moral significance. This provocative but judiciously argued book will appeal to all those interested in animal rights, whatever their initial standpoint. It will also serve as a lively introduction to ethics, demonstrating why theoretical issues in ethics actually matter.
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• Animal Rights and Moral Theories Arguing for One's Species Utilitarianism and Animals: Peter Singer's Case for Animal Liberation Tom Regan: Animal Rights as Natural Rights Virtue Ethics and Animals Contractarianism and Animal Rights Animal Minds Index.
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In this substantially revised and updated new edition of Animal Rights, Mark Rowlands provides a lucid defence of the moral claims of animals. The book examines each of the major ethical traditions: utilitarianism and Peter Singer's defence of animal liberation; natural rights doctrine and Tom Regan's case for animal rights, virtue ethics; and the Rosalind Hursthouse/Roger Scruton dispute on blood sports. It also provides the most detailed, sophisticated and comprehensive contractarian defence of animals ever developed. Examining each of these ethical theories in turn, this book serves as an exceptionally clear and useful introduction to the major ethical traditions. Rowlands argues that all of these theories entail that we have far more substantial moral commitments to animals than most of us would care to admit. This new edition includes a new introduction, a new chapter on virtue ethics and animals, and new material on contractarianism and animal minds.
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"The Moral Menagerie" offers a broad philosophical analysis of the recent debate over animal rights. Marc Fellenz locates the debate in its historical and social contexts, traces its roots in the history of Western philosophy, and analyzes the most important arguments that have been offered on both sides. Fellenz argues that the debate has been philosophically valuable for focusing attention on fundamental problems in ethics and other areas of philosophy, and for raising issues of concern to both Anglo-American and continental thinkers. More provocatively, he also argues that the form the debate often takes - attempting to extend our traditional human-centred moral categories to cover other animals - is ultimately inadequate. Making use of the critical perspectives found in environmentalism, feminism and post-modernism, he concludes that taking animals seriously requires a more radical reassessment of our moral framework than the concept of 'animal rights' implies.
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More than twenty years after its original publication, "The Case for Animal Rights" has a new and fully considered preface, in which Regan responds to his critics and defends the book's revolutionary position.
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• Preface The Case for Animal Rights Arguing for One's Species Liberalism and the Expanding Circle Utilitarianism and Animals: Peter Singer's Case for Animal Liberation Tom Regan: Animal Rights as Natural Rights Contractarianism and Animal Rights Animal Minds Notes Index.
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The question of nature and extent of our moral obligations to non-human animals has featured prominently in recent moral debate. This book defends the position that a contractarian moral theory can be used to justify the claim that animals possess a substantial and wide-ranging set of moral rights. Critiquing the rival accounts of Peter Singer and Tom Regan, this study shows how an influential form of the social contract idea can be extended to make sense of the concept of animal rights.
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