Animal rights without liberation : applied ethics and human obligations / Alasdair Cochrane.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cochrane, Alasdair, 1978-

Series:

Critical Perspectives on Animals

Critical perspectives on animals

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Animal rights.

Animal welfare.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, c2012.

Summary:

Alasdair Cochrane provides an entirely new theory of animal rights grounded in their interests as sentient beings. He applies this theory to a whole range of different and under-explored policy areas, such as genetic engineering, pet-keeping, indigenous hunting, and religious slaughter. In contrast to other proponents of animal rights, Cochrane claims that the possession of rights by animals does not mean animals must never be owned or used by human beings. He claims that because most sentient animals are not autonomous agents, they have no intrinsic interest in liberty. As such, his book

Contents:

CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON ANIMALS; [ Contents ]; Acknowledgments; One: Introduction; Two: Animals, Interests, and Rights; Three: Animal Experimentation; Four: Animal Agriculture; Five: Animals and Genetic Engineering; Six: Animal Entertainment; Seven: Animals and the Environment; Eight: Animals and Cultural Practices; Nine: Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-229) and index.

OCLC:

818857937