What Are Animal Rights For?
by Steve Cooke
Description
How should we treat animals? The long-held belief that other animals exist solely for human use has undergone radical challenge in the past half century. How much further do we need to go to minimize, and even eliminate, animal suffering?
The field of animal rights raises big questions about how humans treat the other animals with which we share the planet. These questions are becoming more pressing as livestock farming exerts an ever-greater toll on the planet and the animals themselves, and we learn more about their capacity to think and experience pain. This book shows why animals ought to have greater rights and what the world might look like if they did.
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Endorsements
“In this extraordinary book, the animals we share the world with receive the justice and gratitude they so deserve. Perhaps this is a ‘game-changer’ – and it comes not a moment too soon.” Virginia McKenna, Born Free Foundation
“It is amazing how much Steve Cooke has packed into this fantastic book: from classical debates on the rights of animals, to cutting-edge analysis of the strategies of animal activists. This is a must-read for all those concerned with the plight of animals in contemporary societies." Alasdair Cochrane, University of Sheffield
Author Biography
Steve Cooke is Associate Professor of Political Theory at the University of Leicester. Previously, he held positions on animal rights theory and environmental politics at the University of Sheffield and Keele University and was the Society for Applied Philosophy’s 30th Anniversary Postdoctoral Fellow for a project on animal rights and environmental terrorism.
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© Bristol University Press 2023
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- Publisher Bristol University Press
- Publication Date October 2023
- Orginal LanguageEnglish
- ISBN/Identifier 9781529228410
- Publication Country or regionUnited Kingdom
- FormatPaperback
- Primary Price 8.99 GBP
- Pages160
- ReadershipGeneral
- Publish StatusPublished
- Original Language TitleEnglish
- Original Language AuthorsEnglish
- Edition1
- Copyright Year2023
- Dimensions203 x 127 mm
- SeriesWhat Is It For?
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