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Record Nr.

UNINA9910798269803321

Titolo

The moral rights of animals / / edited by Gary Lynn Comstock, Mylan Engel Jr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham : , : Lexington Books, , [2016]

©2016

ISBN

1-4985-3191-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (328 p.)

Disciplina

179/.3

Soggetti

Animal rights - Moral and ethical aspects

Animal welfare - Moral and ethical aspects

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

Contents; Preface; Introduction; The Moral Rights of Animals; Part I: Theoretical Prospects and Challenges for Animal Rights; Chapter One: The Case for Animal Rights; Chapter Two: Animal Rights for Libertarians; Chapter Three: Do Animals Have Rights and Does It Matter If They Don't?; Chapter Four: Tom Regan on "Kind" Arguments against Animal Rights and for Human Rights; Chapter Five: Equality, Flourishing, and the Problem of Predation; Part II: Animal Rights and the Comparative Value of Lives; Chapter Six: Do All Subjects of a Life Have an Equal Right to Life?

Chapter Seven: The Interspecies Killing ProblemChapter Eight: Respecting Rights-Holders; Chapter Nine: Subjects-of-a-Life, the Argument from Risk, and the Significance of Self-Consciousness; Chapter Ten: La Mettrie's Objection; Part III: Animal Rights in Practice; Chapter Eleven: Rights and Capabilities; Chapter Twelve: Vegetarianism in the Balance; Chapter Thirteen: The Benefit of Regan's Doubt; Chapter Fourteen: A Moral License to Kill?; Epilogue; Index; About the Editors and Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores whether or not animals have moral rights through a number of different lenses, including classical deontology, libertarianism, commonsense morality, virtue ethics, and utilitarianism, while also addressing the challenges to the strong animal rights position posed by rights nihilism, the ""kind"" argument against animal



rights, the problem of predation, and the comparative value of lives. This book also explores the practical import of animal rights from both a personal and social policy standpoint.