Animal Rights: The Changing Debate

by Robert Garner

Overview

This book, written by leading academics and activists, examines the development of animal rights over the past two decades and asks where the issue goes from here. The contributions cover animal rights philosophy, strategies of the animal rights movement, the treatment of animals in specific contexts and the political arena within which animal advocates must operate. The unifying theme is provided by an emerging debate about the future direction of the animal protection movement, and, in particular, about the utility of using rights language as a means of achieving further progress.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780814730980
Publisher:	New York University Press
Publication date:	03/01/1997
Pages:	200
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 8.50(d)

About the Author

Robert Garner is a Lecturer in Politics at the University of Leicester and author of Animals, Politics and Morality: Environmental Politics.

Table of Contents

Preface - Notes on Contributors - Introduction: The Forward March of Animals Halted? R.Garner - PART 1: ANIMAL RIGHTS, MORAL THEORY AND POLITICAL STRATEGY - Animal Liberation; P.Singer - Animal Rights: An Eco-Socialist View; T.Benton - Animal Rights: An Incremental Approach; G.Francione - PART 2: MEDICAL SCIENCE, AGRICULTURE AND ANIMAL WELFARE - Partial Protection: Animal Welfare and the Law; M.Radford - To Farm Without Harm and Choosing a Humane Diet: The Bioethics of Humane Sustainable Agriculture; M.W.Fox - The Use of Animals in Experimentation: An Examination of the Technical Arguments Used to Criticize the Practice; A.N.Rowan - PART 3: ANIMAL RIGHTS AND THE POLITICAL PROCESS - The American Animal Rights Movement; J.M.Jasper - Animal Welfare and the European Union; R.G.Svendsen - Putting Animals Into Politics; R.D.Ryder - Utopian Visions and Pragmatic Politics: Challenging the Foundations of Speciesism and Misothery; K.Stallwood - Bibliography - Index