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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| 在線閱讀: | Electronic book from EBSCO |
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| 格式: | 電子書 |
| 語言: | English |
| 出版: | London ; New York : Routledge, 1994. |
| 版: | Rev. pbk. ed. |
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書本目錄:
- 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