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Material Type: | Internet resource |
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Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Lori Gruen |
ISBN: | 9780521888998 0521888999 9780521717731 0521717736 |
OCLC Number: | 663441407 |
Notes: | Beloit College notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Awards: | Winner of A Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2011 |
Description: | xvi, 233 pages ; 25 cm |
Contents: | Why animals matter : Analyzing human exceptionalism ; Who is ethically considerable? ; Attending to other animals -- The natural and the normative : Doing what comes naturally ; Species and speciesism ; Humans and persons ; Moral agents and moral patients ; The argument from marginal cases -- Eating animals : The evolution of industrial agriculture ; Living and dying on factory farms ; Arguments against factory farms ; Is vegetarianism ethically required? -- Experimenting with animals : The pursuit of knowledge ; Changing attitudes and developing regulations ; Animal pain and psychological well-being ; Weighing values ; Abolition of animal experimentation -- Dilemmas of captivity : Zoos ; Liberty ; Autonomy ; Wild dignity ; Companion animals ; Sanctuary -- Animals in the wild : Extinction ; The value of species ; Conflicts between humans and wild animals ; Conflicts between animals ; Conflicts between native species and non-native species -- Animal protection : Can the ends justify the means? ; Strategies for fighting speciesism ; Empathetic action. |
Series Title: | Cambridge applied ethics. |
Responsibility: | Lori Gruen. |
More information: | |
Local System Bib Number: | u369530 |
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'Ethics and Animals is a work of exceptional clarity and intelligence, and it is hard to imagine how it could be surpassed as a concise introduction to the competing philosophical approaches that underpin contemporary animal protection.' Wayne Pacelle, President and CEO, The Humane Society of the United States 'Ethics and Animals is a wonderfully readable introduction to the range of issues that come under that heading. Lori Gruen is not only a fine philosopher, but also a person with genuine empathy for animals, and the ability to express that in writing.' Peter Singer, University Center for Human Values, Princeton University Read more...
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