An Introduction to Animals and Political Theory PDF
by Alasdair Cochrane
Part of the The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series series
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* How should political communities govern their relations with animals? * Are animals owed justice? * What might justice for animals involve? Alasdair Cochrane introduces the most prominent schools in contemporary political theory -- utilitarianism, liberalism, communitarianism, Marxism and feminism -- and examines their implications for issues such as meat-eating, intensive agriculture, animal experimentation, religious slaughter and hunting. An Introduction to Animals and Political Theory explores the debates and discusses controversies over what makes an entity worthy of justice: is it rationality, the ability to contribute to society, sentience, or something else?
It also introduces and engages with debates about what our political obligations to animals might entail: is it simply not to cause them unnecessary suffering, or do we have much more demanding obligations not to kill, own, or even use non-human animals?
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- Format:PDF
- Pages:176 pages
- Publisher:Palgrave Macmillan
- Publication Date:13/10/2010
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- ISBN:9780230290594
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- Format:PDF
- Pages:176 pages
- Publisher:Palgrave Macmillan
- Publication Date:13/10/2010
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- ISBN:9780230290594
