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The Case For Animal Rights (Paperback, Revised Ed) Loot Price: R784
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The Case For Animal Rights (Paperback, Revised Ed)

Tom Regan

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"Aristotle, Aquinas, Descartes, Kant, Bentham, Mill: all thought seriously about the role of animals in our lives. But not until Tom Regan published "The Case for Animal Rights did the world possess a theory of the rights of animals. When philosophy students come to this issue hundreds of years from now, they will read the greats in light of the arguments presented here."--Gary L. Comstock, editor of "Life Science Ethics

"Tom Regan's now classic "Case For Animal Rights blends careful argument with intense moral concern. For two decades, where Regan has been taken seriously, animals have been better off and people have become better persons. This new edition is a welcome sign of this influence continuing."--Holmes Rolston, III, University Distinguished Professor, Colorado State University

"A bold and nuanced analysis of the inherent value and moral standing of nonhuman animals. It may also be the most consistent and unyielding defense of animal rights."--Tom L. Beauchamp, Georgetown University

"The most powerful and plausible consideration of the issues and defense of animal rights yet to be produced (or likely to be)."--Richard Wasserstrom

"By far the best work on the subject, and will continue to be the definitive work for years to come . . . .[It is] destined to become a 'modern classic' in the field of ethics, alongside Rawls's "A Theory of Justice and Nozick's "Anarchy, State, and Utopia."--Alastair S. Gunn, coauthor of "Hold Paramount

General

Imprint: University of California Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: September 2004
First published: September 2004
Authors: Tom Regan
Dimensions: 210 x 140 x 27mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 425
Edition: Revised Ed
ISBN-13: 978-0-520-24386-6
Categories: Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Animals & society > General
Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy > General
LSN: 0-520-24386-2
Barcode: 9780520243866

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