Against liberation : putting animals in perspective / / Michael P.T. Leahy
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| Autore: |
Leahy Michael P. T. <1934, >
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| Titolo: |
Against liberation : putting animals in perspective / / Michael P.T. Leahy
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| Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1994 |
| Edizione: | Rev. pbk. ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (297 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 179/.3 |
| Soggetto topico: | Animal rights |
| Animal welfare - Moral and ethical aspects | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | First published 1991 by Routledge. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-278) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | BOOK 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; |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Against liberation |
| ISBN: | 1-134-96121-9 |
| 1-280-14393-2 | |
| 0-203-98123-5 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910450046503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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