The animal rights debate : abolition or regulation? / Gary L. Francione and Robert Garner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Francione, Gary L. (Gary Lawrence), 1954-

Contributor:

Garner, Robert, 1960-

Series:

Critical perspectives on animals.

Critical perspectives on animals

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Animal rights.

Animal welfare.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Gary L. Francione is a law professor and leading philosopher of animal-rights theory. Robert Garner is a political theorist specializing in the philosophy and politics of animal protection. Francione maintains that we have no moral justification for using nonhumans, arguing that because animals are property-economic commodities-laws or industry practices requiring ""humane"" treatment will, as a general matter, fail to provide any meaningful level of protection. Garner favors a version of animal rights that focuses on eliminating animal suffering and adopts a protectionist approach, ma

Contents:

Contents; Introduction: What This Book Is and Is Not About; 1. The Abolition of Animal Exploitation; Animal Rights and Animal Welfare: The MoralValue of Animal Life; Animal Welfare Does Not Work; Animal Rights: Utopian or Pragmatic?; Notes; 2. A Defense of a Broad Animal Protectionism; The Continuum of Recognition; A Flawed Ethic; A Defense of Animal Protectionism Against Two Charges; Morals and Politics; A Moral Discourse of Animal Protection; Conclusion; Notes; References; 3. A Discussion Between Francione and Garner; Preliminary Issue: Is Abolition "Fundamentalist"?

The Personhood and Moral Status of AnimalsThe Critique of Animal Welfare Regulation; Movement Strategy: Moral Education versus Legislation; Index of Proper Namesand Organizations

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-87242-7

9786612872426

0-231-52669-5

OCLC:

828795472