Sure to appeal to the growing numbers of vocal animal-rights advocates, this hard-hitting explanation of the concepts of animal-rights critiques our so-called "civilized" society which often condemns animals to unnecessary suffering. With an introduction by Ingrid Newkirk, Director of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.
Rollin offers a fully revised discussion of this white-hot debate over animal rights. Many of Rollin's concerns have taken center stage, and his proposed legislation to protect animals in experimentation has become federal law.
He puts the issue of animal rights in historical context, drawing parallels between animal rights activism and other social movements, including the anti-slavery movement in the nineteenth century and the gay-lesbian struggle today.
She tells the story of how she became an advocate and the many individual birds she has known and whose lives and deaths have deepened her commitment to seeking their freedom from suffering.
For the Birds: From Exploitation to Liberation : Essays on Chickens, Turkeys, and Other Domestic Fowl
Do animals have rights? If not, do we have duties towards them? If so, what duties? These are myariad other issues are discussed in this brilliantly argued book, published in association with the leading think-tank Demos.
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Beschrijving van het lijden van dieren bij dierexperimenten en in de bio-industrie, die leidt tot het op ethische gronden verwerpen van het gebruik van de dieren voor deze doeleinden
Lewis is agnostic about self - consciousness even in higher animals . Elephants , even in the wild , presumably have some form of selfconsciousness and so a " rudimentary " individuality . But for the most part he would limit ...
This collection of writings looks at how the Nobel Laureate has navigated the tricky waters of being a public intellectual in the contentious world he inhabits, which touches on racism, sexism, animal rights, ecofeminism, and contemporary ...