Animal Rights
(Produkt nebyl zatím hodnocen)
Vydavatel: | Oxford University Press |
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Publikováno: | 2011 |
Formát: | paperback 256 stran |
Anotace
In this compelling volume in the What Everyone Needs to Know
series, Paul Waldau expertly navigates the many heated debates
surrounding the complex and controversial animal rights movement.
Organized around a series of probing questions, this timely
resource offers the most complete, even-handed survey of the animal
rights movement available. The book covers the full spectrum of
issues, beginning with a clear, highly instructive definition of
animal rights. Waldau looks at the different concerns surrounding
companion animals, wild animals, research animals, work animals,
and animals used for food, provides a no-nonsense assessment of the
treatment of animals, and addresses the philosophical and legal
arguments that form the basis of animal rights. Along the way,
readers will gain insight into the history of animal protection-as
well as the political and social realities facing animals today-and
become familiar with a range of hot-button topics, from animal
cognition and autonomy, to attempts to balance animal cruelty
versus utility. Chronicled here are many key figures and
organizations responsible for moving the animal rights movement
forward, as well as legislation and public policy that have been
carried out around the world in the name of animal rights and
animal protection. The final chapter of this indispensable volume
looks ahead to the future of animal rights, and delivers an animal
protection mandate for citizens, scientists, governments, and other
stakeholders. With its multidisciplinary, non-ideological focus and
all-inclusive coverage, Animal Rights represents the definitive
survey of the animal rights movement-one that will engage every
reader and student of animal rights, animal law, and environmental
ethics.
Kategorie
Knihovnické kódy
- EAN: 9780199739967