This book explores the moral rights of animals through several lenses, such as classical deontology, libertarianism, morality, virtue ethics, and utilitarianism. It addresses the challenges to rights nihilism's strong animal rights position, the "kind" argument against animal rights, the problem of predation, and the comparative value of lives.
This book explores the moral rights of animals through several lenses, such as classical deontology, libertarianism, morality, virtue ethics, and utilitarianism. It addresses the challenges to rights nihilism's strong animal rights position, the "kind" argument against animal rights, the problem of predation, and the comparative value of lives.
Edited by Mylan Engel Jr. and Gary Lynn Comstock - Contributions by Tom Regan; Jeremy Garrett; Mylan Engel Jr.; Nathan Nobis; Anne Baril; Aaron Simmons; Molly Gardner; Evelyn Pluhar; Alastair Norcross; Gary Lynn Comstock; Ramona Ilea; Scott D. Wilson; Rob
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Preface Mylan Engel Jr. and Gary Comstock Introduction: The Moral Rights of Animals and Why They Matter Mylan Engel Jr. The Moral Rights of Animals: Overview of the Book Mylan Engel Jr. and Gary Comstock PART I: THEORETICAL PROSPECTS AND CHALLENGES FOR ANIMAL RIGHTS 1. The Case for Animal Rights Tom Regan 2. Animal Rights for Libertarians Jeremy Garrett 3. Do Animals Have Rights, and Does It Matter if They Don't? Mylan Engel Jr. 4. Regan on 'Kind' Arguments against Animal Rights and for Human Rights Nathan Nobis 5. Equality, Flourishing, and the Problem of Predation Anne Baril PART II. ANIMAL RIGHTS AND THE COMPARATIVE VALUE OF LIVES 6. Do All Subjects-of-a-Life Have an Equal Right to Life? The Challenge of the Comparative Value of Life Aaron Simmons 7. The Interspecies Killing Problem Molly Gardner 8. Respecting Rights-Holders Evelyn Pluhar 9. Subjects of a Life, the Argument from Risk, and the Significance of Self-Consciousness Alastair Norcross 10. La Mettrie's Objection: Humans Act like Animals Gary Comstock PART III. ANIMAL RIGHTS IN PRACTICE 11. Rights and Capabilities: Tom Regan and Martha Nussbaum on Animals Ramona Ilea 12. Vegetarianism in the Balance Scott Wilson 13. The Benefit of Regan's Doubt: Moral Caution and the Ethics of Eating Robert Bass 14. A Moral License to Kill? Animal Rights and Hunting Jason Hanna EPILOGUE: Regan Appreciation Jeff McMahan
Preface Mylan Engel Jr. and Gary Comstock Introduction: The Moral Rights of Animals and Why They Matter Mylan Engel Jr. The Moral Rights of Animals: Overview of the Book Mylan Engel Jr. and Gary Comstock PART I: THEORETICAL PROSPECTS AND CHALLENGES FOR ANIMAL RIGHTS 1. The Case for Animal Rights Tom Regan 2. Animal Rights for Libertarians Jeremy Garrett 3. Do Animals Have Rights, and Does It Matter if They Don't? Mylan Engel Jr. 4. Regan on 'Kind' Arguments against Animal Rights and for Human Rights Nathan Nobis 5. Equality, Flourishing, and the Problem of Predation Anne Baril PART II. ANIMAL RIGHTS AND THE COMPARATIVE VALUE OF LIVES 6. Do All Subjects-of-a-Life Have an Equal Right to Life? The Challenge of the Comparative Value of Life Aaron Simmons 7. The Interspecies Killing Problem Molly Gardner 8. Respecting Rights-Holders Evelyn Pluhar 9. Subjects of a Life, the Argument from Risk, and the Significance of Self-Consciousness Alastair Norcross 10. La Mettrie's Objection: Humans Act like Animals Gary Comstock PART III. ANIMAL RIGHTS IN PRACTICE 11. Rights and Capabilities: Tom Regan and Martha Nussbaum on Animals Ramona Ilea 12. Vegetarianism in the Balance Scott Wilson 13. The Benefit of Regan's Doubt: Moral Caution and the Ethics of Eating Robert Bass 14. A Moral License to Kill? Animal Rights and Hunting Jason Hanna EPILOGUE: Regan Appreciation Jeff McMahan
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