In defense of animals : the second wave / edited by Peter Singer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Singer, Peter, 1946-

Clarence J. Marshall Memorial Library Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Animal welfare--Moral and ethical aspects.

Animal welfare.

Animal rights movement.

Physical Description:

x, 248 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2006.

Summary:

In Defense of Animals: The Second Wave brings together the best current ethical thinking about animals. Edited by Peter Singer, who made ?speciesism? an international issue in 1975 when he published Animal Liberation, this new book presents the state of the animal movement that his classic work helped to inspire. Long hailed as a brilliant and controversial philosopher, Singer has assembled incisive new articles by philosophers and by activists. In Defense of Animals is sure to inform and inspire all who want to understand, or contribute to, the unfolding moral revolution in the way we treat animals.

Contents:

Introduction / Peter Singer

Utilitarianism and animals / Gaverick Matheny

The scientific basis for assessing suffering in animals / Marian Stamp Dawkins

On the question of personhood beyond Homo sapiens / David DeGrazia

The animal debate : a reexamination / Paola Cavalieri

Religion and animals / Paul Waldau

Speciesism in the laboratory / Richard D. Ryder

Brave new farm? / Jim Mason and Mary Finelli

Outlawed in Europe / Clare Druce and Philip Lymbery

Against zoos / Dale Jamieson

To eat the laughing animal / Dale Peterson

How Austria achieved a historic breakthrough for animals / Martin Balluch

Butchers' knives into pruning hooks : civil disobedience for animals / Pelle Strindlund

Opening cages, opening eyes : an investigation and open rescue at an egg factory farm / Miyun Park

Living and working in defense of animals / Matt Ball

Effective advocacy : stealing from the corporate playbook / Bruce Friedrich

Moving the media : from foes, or indifferent strangers, to friends / Karen Dawn

The CEO as animal activist : John Mackey and Whole Foods / John Mackey, Karen Dawn, and Lauren Ornelas

Ten points for activists / Henry Spira and Peter Singer

A final word / Peter Singer.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 228-232) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Clarence J. Marshall Memorial Library Fund.

ISBN:

1405119403

1405119411

OCLC:

58985992

Publisher Number:

9781405119405

9781405119412