Animal Rights and Moral Philosophy

Name: Animal Rights and Moral Philosophy
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ISBN: 9780231134231

ISBN-10: 0231134231

ISBN-13: 9780231134231

Edition: 2006

Authors: Julian H. Franklin

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Animals obviously cannot have a right of free speech or a right to vote because they lack the relevant capacities. But their right to life and to be free of exploitation is no less fundamental than the corresponding right of humans, writes Julian H. Franklin. This theoretically rigorous book will reassure the committed, help the uncertain to decide, and arm the polemicist. Franklin examines all the major arguments for animal rights proposed to date and extends the philosophy in new directions. Animal Rights and Moral Philosophy begins by considering the utilitarian argument of equal respect for animals advocated by Peter Singer and, even more favorably, the rights approach that has been…

Book details

List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 1/2/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 176
Size: 0.55" wide x 0.83" long x 0.04" tall
Weight: 0.506
Language: English

Julian H. Franklin is professor emeritus of political philosophy at Columbia University. His books include Jean Bodin and the Rise of Absolutist Theoryand John Locke and the Theory of Sovereignty.



Preface


Acknowledgments



Peter Singer and Utilitarianism



Regan on Animal Rights



Animal Rights and Kant



Animal Rights and Post-Kantian Rationalism



Animal Rights and Compassion



Conflict of Rights and Environmentalism



Animal Consciousness



Biomedical Testing and Use of Animals


Notes


Bibliography


Index