Beyond Animal Rights: Food, Pets and Ethics (Think Now) - Softcover

Book 5 of 8: Think Now

Milligan, Tony

 
9781441157539: Beyond Animal Rights: Food, Pets and Ethics (Think Now)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1441157530 ISBN 13: 9781441157539
Publisher: Continuum, 2010

Synopsis

Issues to do with animal ethics remain at the heart of public debate. In Beyond Animal Rights, Tony Milligan goes beyond standard discussions of animal ethics to explore the ways in which we personally relate to other creatures through our diet, as pet owners and as beneficiaries of experimentation. The book connects with our duty to act and considers why previous discussions have failed to result in a change in the way that we live our lives. The author asks a crucial question: what sort of people do we have to become if we are to sufficiently improve the ways in which we relate to the non-human? Appealing to both consequences and character, he argues that no improvement will be sufficient if it fails to set humans on a path towards a tolerable and sustainable future. Focussing on our direct relations to the animals we connect with the book offers guidance on all the relevant issues, including veganism and vegetarianism, the organic movement, pet ownership, and animal experimentation.

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About the Author

Tony Milligan is an Honorary Research Fellow in Philosophy at the University of Aberdeen, UK. He has published in a number of academic and popular journals, including Philosophy, Ratio, the Journal of Applied Ethics, Think and Philosophy Now.

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Publisher
Continuum
Publication date
2010
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1441157530
ISBN 13 
9781441157539
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
182

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