More equal than others : humans and the rights of other animals / Raffael N Fasel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fasel, Raffael N., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Animal rights.

Human rights.

Physical Description:

xii, 212 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2024]

Summary:

This text offers a sustained analysis of the fundamental rights of humans and nonhuman animals. It pioneers a new approach that focuses on species membership rather than individual capacities to challenge an orthodox view in scholarship on the rights of animals.

Contents:

Introduction

Animal and human rights in the Enlightenment

The Aristocratic conception

The Meritocratic conception

Sentientist rights : a third conception?

Meritocratizing the Aristocracy

The species membership approach

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780198907404

0198907400

OCLC:

1434450900