Without a tear : our tragic relationship with animals / Mark H. Bernstein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bernstein, Mark H., 1948-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Animal welfare.

Animal welfare--Moral and ethical aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (222 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Without a Tear Mark H. Bernstein begins with one of our most common and cherished moral beliefs: that it is wrong to intentionally and gratuitously inflict harm on the innocent. Over the course of the book, he shows how this apparently innocuous commitment requires that we drastically revise many of our most common practices involving nonhuman animals._x000B__x000B_Most people who write about our ethical obligations concerning animals base their arguments on emotional appeals or contentious philosophical assumptions; Bernstein, however, argues from reasons but carries little theoretical baggage. He considers the issues in a religious context, where he finds that Judaism in particular has the resources to ground moral obligations to animals. Without a Tear also makes novel use of feminist ethics to add to the case for drawing animals more closely into our ethical world. _x000B__x000B_Bernstein details the realities of factory farms, animal-based research, and hunting fields, and contrasting these chilling facts with our moral imperatives clearly shows the need for fundamental changes to some of our most basic animal institutions. The tightly argued, provocative claims in Without a Tear will be an eye-opening experience for animal lovers, scholars, and people of good faith everywhere.

Contents:

The principle of gratuitous suffering

The value of humans and the value of animals

The holocaust of factory farming

Hunting

Animal experimentation

The law and animals

Women and animals.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-201) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-283-09748-6

9786613097484

0-252-09051-9

OCLC:

741451033