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Document Type: | Book |
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All Authors / Contributors: |
Lori Gruen |
ISBN: | 9780521717731 0521717736 9780521888998 0521888999 |
OCLC Number: | 901473822 |
Awards: | Winner of A Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2011 |
Description: | 233 p. |
Contents: | 1. Why animals matter; 2. The natural and the normative; 3. Eating animals; 4. Animal research; 5. Dilemmas of captivity; 6. Animals in the wild; 7. Protecting animals. |
Series Title: | Cambridge applied ethics, 2013: 3 |
Responsibility: | Lori Gruen. |
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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...