Animal Rights

Moral Theory and Practice
2. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-0-230-21945-8
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 234 Seiten, Format (B × H): 139 mm x 218 mm, Gewicht: 313 g

In this 2nd edition the author has substantially revised his book throughout, updating the moral arguments and adding a chapter on animal minds. Importantly, rather than being a polemic on animal rights, this book is also a considered and imaginative evaluation of moral theory as explored through the issue of animal rights.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rowlands, Mark

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

MARK ROWLANDS is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Miami, USA. He is author of a dozen books, translated into more than twenty languages. These include (1999), (2001), (2002) and (2006). His autobiography, was published in 2008.