| The Animal Rights Debate Contributor(s): Cohen, Carl (Author), Regan, Tom (Author) |
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ISBN: 0847696634 ISBN-13: 9780847696635 Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers OUR PRICE: $60.39 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2001 Annotation: Here, for the first time, the world's two leading authorities--Tom Regan, who argues for animal rights, and Carl Cohen, who argues against them--make their respective case before the public at large. The very terms of the debate will never be the same. This seminal moment in the history of the controversy over animal rights will influence the direction of this debate throughout the rest of the century. Visit our website for sample chapters! |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Nature | Animal Rights - Philosophy | Political |
| Dewey: 179.3 |
| LCCN: 00069044 |
| Series: Point/Counterpoint: Philosophers Debate Contemporary Issues |
| Physical Information: 0.72" H x 5.88" W x 9" (0.94 lbs) 336 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Do all animals have rights? Is it morally wrong to use mice or dogs in medical research, or rabbits and cows as food? How ought we resolve conflicts between the interests of humans and those of other animals? Philosophical inquiry is essential in addressing such questions; the answers given must have enormous practical importance. Here for the first time in the same volume, the animal rights debate is argued deeply and fully by the two most articulate and influential philosophers representing the opposing camps. Each makes his case in turn to the opposing case. The arguments meet head on: Are we humans morally justified in using animals as we do? A vexed and enduring controversy here receives its deepest and most eloquent exposition. |