ABSTRACT

Do animals have moral rights? If so, which ones? How does this affect our thinking about agriculture and experimentation? If animals have moral rights, should they be protected by law? These are some of the questions addressed in this collection, which contains more than 30 papers spanning nearly 40 years of debates about animal rights. It includes work by leading advocates of animal rights both in philosophy and law, as well as contributions by those resolutely opposed to the very idea of animal rights. A substantial Introduction surveys key arguments in the area and puts the papers in context.

chapter

Introduction

part 1|66 pages

Arguments in Favour of Animal Rights

chapter 1|14 pages

All Animals Are Equal

chapter 2|14 pages

The Case for Animal Rights

part 2|205 pages

Critical Views on Animal Rights – and Some Responses

chapter 5|4 pages

Animal Rights

chapter 7|32 pages

Moral Rights and Animals

chapter 9|24 pages

Animal Rights Revisited

chapter 10|16 pages

Inherent Value and Moral Rights

chapter 11|12 pages

Animal Liberation or Animal Rights?

chapter 15|16 pages

Animal Rights and Social Relations

part 3|124 pages

Animal Rights and Human Uses

chapter 17|15 pages

Eating Meat and Eating People

chapter 22|5 pages

Discussion Article

part 4|131 pages

Political and Legal Rights for Animals