Against liberation : putting animals in perspective /
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 movemen...
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| Language: | English |
| Published: | London ; New York : Routledge, 1994. |
| Edition: | Rev. pbk. ed. |
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| 100 | 1 | |a Leahy, Michael P. T., |d 1934-2007. | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Against liberation : |b putting animals in perspective / |c Michael P.T. Leahy. |
| 250 | |a Rev. pbk. ed. | ||
| 260 | |a London ; |a New York : |b Routledge, |c 1994. | ||
| 300 | |a 1 online resource (xi, 286 pages) | ||
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-278) and index. | ||
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| 505 | 0 | |a 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 | |
| 520 | |a 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. | ||
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| 650 | 0 | |a Animal welfare |x Moral and ethical aspects. | |
| 655 | 0 | |a Electronic books. | |
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| 776 | 0 | 8 | |i Print version: |a Leahy, Michael P.T., 1934- |t Against liberation. |b Rev. pbk. ed. |d London ; New York : Routledge, 1994 |w (DLC) 94168821 |
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