Animal rights : a philosophical defence / Mark Rowlands ; consultant editor, J Campling.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rowlands, Mark.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Animal rights--Philosophy.

Animal rights.

Physical Description:

vii, 192 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : St. Martin's Press, 1998.

Summary:

The question of the nature and extent of our moral obligations to non-human animals has featured prominently in recent moral debate. This book defends the novel position that a contradictarian moral theory can be used to justify the claim that animals possess a substantial and wide-ranging set of moral rights. Critiquing the rival accounts of Peter Singer and Tom Regan, this study shows how an influential form of the social contract idea can be extended to make sense of the concept of animal rights.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

031221720X

OCLC:

39013835