Against Liberation: Putting Animals in Perspective / Edition 1

by Michael P. T. Leahy

Overview

The Western world is currently gripped by an obsessive concern for the rights of animals - their uses and abuses. In this book, Leahy argues that this is a movement based upon a series of fundamental misconceptions about the basic nature of animals.
This is a radical philosophical questioning of prevailing views on animal rights, which credit animals with a self-consciousness like ours. Leahy's conclusions have implications for issues such as bloodsports, meat eating and fur trading.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415103169
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/11/1993
Edition description:	Revised
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

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 5.What Animals Are: Consciousness, Perception, Autonomy, Language 6.Against Liberation: The Ethical Dimension 7.Chapters of Discontent: Eating, Experimenting, Zoos, Bloodsports Notes Bibliography Index

Editorial Reviews

‘Leahy's exploration of the implications of Wittgenstein's philosophy for the animals issue is valuable and salutary.' - Times Higher Education Supplement

‘... a useful addition to any collection on the ethics of animal use.' - Laboratory Animals

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