Binding: Paperback
Description: Animal Ethics has long been a highly contested area with debates driven by unease about various forms of animal harm from the use of animals in scientific research to the farming of animals for consumption. Animal Ethics: The Basics is an essential introduction to the key considerations surrounding the ethical treatment of animals. Taking a thematic approach it outlines the current arguments from animal agency to the emergence of the political turn . This book explores such questions as: Can animals think and do they suffer? What do we mean by speciesism? Are humans special? Can animals be political or moral agents? Is animal rights protest ethical? Including outlines of the key arguments suggestions for further reading and a glossary of key terms this book is an essential read for philosophy students and readers approaching the contested field of Animal Ethics for the first time.
Title: Animal Ethics: The Basics
Author(s): Miligan Tony
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Barcode: 9780415739368
Pages: 194 Pages
Publication Date: 7/2/2015
Series: The Basics
Category: Environmental Science, Engineering & Technology