| Description |
1 online resource : chiefly colour illustrations. |
| Current Frequency |
Updated irregularly. |
| Description |
data file |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Series |
Open textbook library
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Open Textbook Library.
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| Contents |
Chapter 1: Introduction to Ethics, Logic and Ethics & Animals -- Chapter 2: What Are (Some) Animals Like? Animal Minds and Harms to Animals -- Chapter 3: In Defense of Animals: Some Moral Arguments -- Chapter 4: Objections to Defenses of Animals and Defending Animal Use -- Chapter 5: Wearing and Eating Animals -- Chapter 6: Experimenting on Animals; Animals in Education -- Chapter 7: Pets / Companion Animals; Zoos, Hunting, Racing, and other Uses of Animals -- Chapter 8: Activism for Animals -- Recommended Further Reading -- Bonus Essay: Abortion and Animal Rights: Does Either Topic Lead to the Other? |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Summary |
"This book provides an overview of the current debates about the nature and extent of our moral obligations to animals. Which, if any, uses of animals are morally wrong, which are morally permissible (i.e., not wrong) and why? What, if any, moral obligations do we, individually and as a society (and a global community), have towards animals and why? How should animals be treated? Why? We will explore the most influential and most developed answers to these questions -- given by philosophers, scientists, and animal advocates and their critics -- to try to determine which positions are supported by the best moral reasons."--Open Textbook Library. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Local Note |
Open Educational Resources (OER). Open Textbooks |
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Open Textbook Library |
| Subject |
Animal rights.
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Animal rights. |
| Genre/Form |
Textbooks.
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Textbooks.
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| Added Author |
Open Textbook Library, distributor.
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| Added Title |
Animals and ethics 101 |
| ISBN |
0692471286 |
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9780692471289 |
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