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A theory of justice for animals : animal rights in a nonideal world /

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Examining the debate about animals in the language of justice this book develops both ideal and nonideal theories of justice for animals. It rejects the abolitionist animal rights position in favour of a revised version of animal rights centering on sentience.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Garner, Robert, 1960-
Corporate Author: Oxford University Press
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Subjects:
Animal rights.
Animal welfare.
Animal Rights
Animaux > Droits.
PHILOSOPHY > Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
Animal rights
Animal welfare
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : animals, justice and nonideal theory
  • Contractarianism, animals and justice
  • Why animals need justice
  • Indirect duties, virtue ethics and animals
  • The animal welfare ethic
  • Animal rights and justice
  • Three positions rejected
  • Animal rights as ideal and nonideal theory
  • The argument from marginal cases revisited
  • Conclusion.