Animals and ethics: an overview of the philosophical debate
Publication Type: |
Book |
Year of Publication: |
2003 |
Authors: |
Angus Taylor |
Publication/Journal: |
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Publisher: |
Broadview |
Keywords: |
animal rights philosophy, animal welfare moral and ethical aspects, factory farms moral and ethical aspects |
ISBN: |
1551115697 |
Abstract:
To what extent can animals be regarded as part of the moral community? To what extent, if at all, do they have moral rights? Are we wrong to eat them or to hunt them? Is the use of animals for scientific research justified? And can the ideas behind animal liberation be squared with those of the environmental movement? It is Taylor’s strong belief that, whatever our own views on these contentious issues may be, we benefit by exploring them more thoroughly, and by understanding and evaluating arguments of those who may disagree with us. He traces the background of these debates from Aristotle to Darwin, and he provides fair-minded commentaries on the positions of contemporary philosophers Peter Singer, Tom Regan, Nel Noddings, Mary Anne Warren, J. Baird Callicott, and numerous others, with ethical theories ranging from utilitarianism to eco-feminism.