| Against Liberation: Putting Animals in Perspective Revised Edition Contributor(s): Leahy, Michael P. T. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415103169 ISBN-13: 9780415103169 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $44.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 1993 Annotation: This timely and provocative book examines the theories behind the most commonly held contemporary assumptions about animal rights. Focusing on the writings of prominent pro-liberation activists such as Peter Singer, Tom Regan and Mary Midgley, Michael P. T. Leahy argues that the animal rights movement is based upon a series of fundamental misconceptions about the basic nature of animals--beliefs which define them rationally, emotionally, and morally in too human terms. Leahy gives particular emphasis to the writings of Ludwig Wittgenstein and his highly influential philosophy of language, and concludes that much of our talk about animals is dangerously anthropomorphic and encourages us to elevate them to quasi-human status. He examines such crucial issues as animal experimentation, the use of animals for food and fur, animals in captivity and vegetarianism. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Nature | Animal Rights - Philosophy |
| Dewey: 179.3 |
| LCCN: 94168821 |
| Physical Information: 0.95" H x 5.44" W x 8.46" (0.94 lbs) 304 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |