Research Catalog

Title

Defending animal rights / Tom Regan.

Author

Regan, Tom

Publication

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2001.

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Description

xii, 179 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

"In a set of essays that reflects his thinking on animal and human rights over the past decade, Regan sketches the philosophical positions espoused by those who want to abolish animal exploitation, reform it to minimize suffering, or maintain the status quo. He considers the moral grounds for limiting human freedom when it comes to human interactions with nonhuman animals. He puts the issue of animal rights in historical context, drawing parallels between animal rights activism and other social movements, including the anti-slavery movement in the nineteenth century and the gay-lesbian struggle today. He also outlines the challenges to animal rights posed by deep ecology and ecofeminism to using animals for human purposes and addresses the ethical dilemma of the animal rights advocate whose employer uses animals for research."--Jacket.

Subject

• Animal Rights
• Animal Welfare
• Animal rights > Philosophy
• Animal welfare > Moral and ethical aspects

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Ethical theory and animals -- Animal liberation : what's in a name? -- The case for animal rights : a decade's passing -- Mapping human rights -- Putting people in their place -- Patterns of resistance -- Understanding animal rights violence -- Ivory towers should not a prison make -- Work, hypocrisy, and integrity.

ISBN

025202611X (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^^00008708^

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library