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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785435903321

Autore

Milligan Tony

Titolo

Beyond animal rights : food, pets and ethics / / Tony Milligan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England : , : Bloomsbury, , [2010]

©2010

ISBN

1-4411-5122-2

1-4411-1485-8

1-282-91247-X

9786612912474

1-4411-0534-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (181 p.)

Collana

Think Now

Disciplina

179.3

Soggetti

Animal rights

Animal Rights

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The depth of meat eating -- An unspoken contract? -- Vegetarianism and puritanism -- Diet and sustainability -- The impossible scenario -- Love for pets -- Experimentation in context.

Sommario/riassunto

Issues to do with animal ethics remain at the heart of public debate. In Beyond Animal Rights , Tony Milligan goes beyond standard discussions of animal ethics to explore the ways in which we personally relate to other creatures through our diet, as pet owners and as beneficiaries of experimentation. The book connects with our duty to act and considers why previous discussions have failed to result in a change in the way that we live our lives. The author asks a crucial question: what sort of people do we have to become if we are to sufficiently improve the ways in which we relate to the non-h