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The moral menagerie : philosophy and animal rights /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fellenz, Marc R., 1963-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2007]
Subjects:
Animal rights > Philosophy.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Why care about animals?
  • Broader philosophical considerations
  • Utilitarian arguments : the value of animal experience
  • Deontological arguments : do animals have natural rights?
  • Aristotelian arguments : animal telos and human aretÄ“
  • Contractarian arguments : animals outside the state of nature
  • Extensionism and its limits
  • The call and the circle : the animal in postmodern thought
  • Ecophilosophy : deep ecology and ecofeminism
  • Sacrifice and self-overcoming
  • The child, the hunter, and the artist.