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200 10$aAgainst liberation $eputting animals in perspective /$fMichael P.T. Leahy
205   $aRev. pbk. ed.
210   $aLondon ;$aNew York $cRoutledge$d1994
215   $a1 online resource (297 p.)
300   $aFirst published 1991 by Routledge.
311   $a0-415-03584-8 
311   $a0-415-10316-9 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 273-278) and index.
327   $aBOOK COVER; HALT-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION; 1 THE UTILITARIAN BEGINNINGS; 2 R.G.FREY: THE CASE AGAINST ANIMALS; 3 THREE CONTRIBUTIONS FROM TOM REGAN; 4 THE HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE: ARISTOTLE TO DARWIN; 5 LUDWIG WITTGENSTEIN LANGUAGE-GAMES AND PRIMITIVE BEINGS; 6 WHAT ANIMALS ARE: WHAT ANIMALS ARE: CONSCIOUSNESS, PERCEPTION, AUTONOMY, LANGUAGE; 7 AGAINST LIBERATION: THE ETHICAL DIMENSION; 8 CHAPTERS OF DISCONTENT: EATING, EXPERIMENTING, ZOOS, BLOODSPORTS; AFTERWORD: A REPLY TO MY CRITICS; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; 
330   $aThis timely and provocative book examines the theories behind the most commonly held contemporary assumptions about animal rights. Focusing on the writings of prominent pro-liberation activists such as Peter Singer, Tom Regan and Mary Midgley, Michael P. T. Leahy argues that the animal rights movement is based upon a series of fundamental misconceptions about the basic nature of animals--beliefs which define them rationally, emotionally, and morally in too human terms. Leahy gives particular emphasis to the writings of Ludwig Wittgenstein and his highly influential philosophy of language, and 
606   $aAnimal rights
606   $aAnimal welfare$xMoral and ethical aspects
615  0$aAnimal rights.
615  0$aAnimal welfare$xMoral and ethical aspects.
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