Against liberation : putting animals in perspective / Michael P.T. Leahy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Leahy, Michael P. T., 1934-2007.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Animal rights.

Animal welfare--Moral and ethical aspects.

Animal welfare.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (297 p.)

Edition:

Rev. pbk. ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1994.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This timely and provocative book examines the theories behind the most commonly held contemporary assumptions about animal rights. Focusing on the writings of prominent pro-liberation activists such as Peter Singer, Tom Regan and Mary Midgley, Michael P. T. Leahy argues that the animal rights movement is based upon a series of fundamental misconceptions about the basic nature of animals--beliefs which define them rationally, emotionally, and morally in too human terms. Leahy gives particular emphasis to the writings of Ludwig Wittgenstein and his highly influential philosophy of language, and

Contents:

BOOK COVER; HALT-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION; 1 THE UTILITARIAN BEGINNINGS; 2 R.G.FREY: THE CASE AGAINST ANIMALS; 3 THREE CONTRIBUTIONS FROM TOM REGAN; 4 THE HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE: ARISTOTLE TO DARWIN; 5 LUDWIG WITTGENSTEIN LANGUAGE-GAMES AND PRIMITIVE BEINGS; 6 WHAT ANIMALS ARE: WHAT ANIMALS ARE: CONSCIOUSNESS, PERCEPTION, AUTONOMY, LANGUAGE; 7 AGAINST LIBERATION: THE ETHICAL DIMENSION; 8 CHAPTERS OF DISCONTENT: EATING, EXPERIMENTING, ZOOS, BLOODSPORTS; AFTERWORD: A REPLY TO MY CRITICS; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX;

Notes:

First published 1991 by Routledge.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-278) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-134-96120-0

1-134-96121-9

1-280-14393-2

0-203-98123-5

9780203981238

OCLC:

475946342