Cass Sunstein and Martha Nussbaum bring together an all-star cast of contributors to explore the legal and political issues that underlie the campaign for animal rights and the opposition to it. Addressing ethical questions about ownership, protection against unjustified suffering, and the ability of animals to make their own choices free from human control, the authors offer numerous different perspectives on animal rights and animal welfare. They show that whatever one's ultimate conclusions, the relationship between human beings and nonhuman animals is being fundamentally rethought. This book offers a state-of-the-art treatment of that rethinking.
| ISBN | 0195305108 | | Pages | 350 | | ISBN13 | 9780195305104
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | Oxford University Press Inc | | Weight (grammes) | 500 | | Imprint | Oxford University Press Inc | | Published in | New York | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 234 | | Publication date | 05 Jan 2006 | | Width (mm) | 152 | | Library of Congress | HV | | Spine width (mm) | 23 | | DEWEY | 179.3 | | Academic level | Professional / Scholarly | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | |
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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
"Eloquent essays."--The Atlantic Monthly
..".a wide range of thought-provoking responses....an accessible survey of the major ideas in this intellectually challenging debate."--The Federal Lawyer
"This collection of essays provides a fine introduction to a number of difficult and controversial questions. It is particularly strong in its treatment of the philosophical and legal issues that surround animal rights."--Science
"These 14 skillfully edited, high quality, and nicely balanced essays present a wide range of legal, political, and ethical perspectives on animal rights, and include some well-arranged sequences of competing arguments.... Recommended."--Choice
"Our society is in the midst of a major debate over animal rights, our duties, and the legal status of animals. This new compilation of essays has profoundly contributed to this debate.... Animal Rights is an incredible resource introducing readers to the basic issues in animal rights and highlightin
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