Animals, politics and morality
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Animals, politics and morality
（Issues in environmental politics）
Manchester University Press , Distributed exclusively in the U.S.A. and Canada by St. Martin's Press, c1993
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- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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: hardback ISBN 9780719035746
Description
Our treatment of, and attitudes towards, animals vary from respect and concern at one end of the scale to cruelty and neglect at the other. Acts of violence to animals are countered by acts of violence on the behalf of animals. This book is about these apparently contradictory responses. It seeks to examine moral theories which endeavour to tell us how we ought to treat animals as well as how individuals and the law actually do treat them. In this work the author combines his professional knowledge as a political scientist with his interest in, and concern for, the plight of animals and our moral obligations towards them. He puts his case for fundamental changes in the way we think about, and behave towards, the other species with whom we share the planet.
Table of Contents
- Animals and moral theory
- radicalism and revival - the animal protection movement since the 1970s
- captives, companions and the law
- animal agriculture
- animals, medical research and consumer protection
- wildlife conservation
- animal protection strategies - constitutional routes to change, animal liberation and direct action.
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: pbk ISBN 9780719035753
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"What gives the book distinction is Garner's comprehensive grasp of and sympathy with this subject."--New Statesman and Society
"Thorough and compelling."--Political Studies
"Meticulously researched...should be regarded as a standard text for teachers and undergraduates."--Talking Politics
"Leads the way through this labyrinth of moral mazes."--New Scientist Our treatment of, and attitudes towards, animals vary from respect and concern at one end of the scale to cruelty and neglect at the other. Acts of violence to animals are countered by acts of violence on the behalf of animals. This book is about these apparently contradictory responses. It seeks to examine moral theories which endeavour to tell us how we ought to treat animals as well as how individuals and the law actually do treat them. In this work the author combines his professional knowledge as a political scientist with his interest in, and concern for, the plight of animals and our moral obligations towards them. He puts his case for fundamental changes in the way we think about, and behave towards, the other species with whom we share the planet. -- .
Table of Contents
- Animals and moral theory
- radicalism and revival - the animal protection movement since the 1970s
- captives, companions and the law
- animal agriculture
- animals, medical research and consumer protection
- wildlife conservation
- animal protection strategies - constitutional routes to change, animal liberation and direct action.
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