Animal Rights: Current Debates and New Directions

Sunstein, Cass R. and Martha C. Nussbaum, eds. / Contributors: Steven M. Wise, Richard A. Posner, Peter Singer, Cora Diamond, Gary L. Francione, Richard A. Epstein, James Rachels, Lesley J. Rogers, Gisela Kaplan, David J. Wolfson, Mariann Sullivan, David Favre, Cass R. Sunstein, Catharine A. Mackinnon, Elizabeth Anderson, Martha C. Nussbaum

ISBN 10: 0195152174 / ISBN 13: 9780195152173

Published by Oxford University Press, Oxford New York Auckland Bangkok Buenos Aires, 2004

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338 pp., xi. '1' in number line. Following the Introduction by Sunstein, "What Are Animal Rights?", Contents divided into 14 Essays in two Parts: PART I: CURRENT DEBATES (1) Steven M. Wise, "Animal Rights, One Step at a Time"; (2) Richard A. Posner, "Animal Rights: Legal, Philosophical, and Pragmatic Perspectives"; (3) Peter Singer, "Ethics beyond species and beyond Instincts: A Response to Richard Posner"; (4) Cora Diamond, "Eating Meat and Eating People"; (5) Gary L. Francione, "Animals--Property or Persons?"; (6) Richard A. Epstein, "Animals as Objects, or Subjects, of Rights"; (7) James Rachels, "Drawing Lines"; (8) Lesley J. Rogers and Gisela Kaplan, "All Animals are NOT Equal: The Interface between Scientific Knowledge andLegislation for Animal Rights"; PART II: NEW DIRECTIONS (9) David J. Wolfson and Mariann Sullivan, "Foxes in the Hen House: Animals, Agribusiness, and the Law: A Modern American Fable"; (10) David Favre, "A New Property Status for Animals: Equitable Self-Ownership"; (11) Cass R. Sunstein, "Can Animals Sue?"; (12) Catharine A. MacKinnon, "Of Mice and Men: A Feminist Fragment on Animal Rights"; (13) Elizabeth Anderson, "Animal 'Rights and the Values of Nonhuman Life"; (14) Martha C. Nussbaum, "Beyond ' Compassion and Humanity ' : Justice for Nonhuman Animals"; [Notes at ends of Essays]; Bibliographic Essay, pp. 321-324; Index, pp. 325-338. Dark green boards with brilliant silver lettering on spine. Glossy dustwrapper with color photo-illustration of two zebras running in the Wild (top half front cover); Title lettering and Editor names lettering in light chartreuse at middle lft front cover and at bottom left front cover, respectively. FLAWLESS. UNREAD. (NO previous owner names; NO remainder marks.) Gift-Giving Quality.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Animal Rights: Current Debates and New Directions
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, Oxford New York Auckland Bangkok Buenos Aires
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0195152174
• ISBN 13: 9780195152173
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New

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Synopsis

Cass Sunstein and Martha Nussbaum bring together an all-star cast of contributors to explore the legal and political issues that underlie the campaign for animal rights and the opposition to it. Ethical questions on ownership, protection against suffering and the ability of animals to make their own choices free from human control are thought-provokingly examined. The contributors approach the question of animal rights and welfare from diverse perspectives, engaging the reader and each other in lively debate. Stimulating, and scholarly, this is the first anthology to bring current theory in touch with the latest scientific evidence and concrete issues of social policy and practice.

About the Author

Cass R. Sunstein is Karl Llewellyn Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago and Martha C. Nussbaum is Ernst Freund Professor of Law and Ethics at the University of Chicago. Together, they previously edited Clones and Cloning. They are frequent contributors to popular journals and newspapers. . Sunstein's recent books include Why Societies Need Dissent and Designing Democracy; Nussbaum is recently author of Upheavals of Thought and For Love of Country.