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An Introduction to Animals and Political Theory

  • Hardback
  • 176 pages
  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
  • 14 x 21.6 x 1.2 cm

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How should political communities govern their relations with animals? Are animals owed justice? What might justice for animals involve? Alasdair Cochrane introduces the most prominent schools in contemporary political theory - utilitarianism, liberalism, communitarianism, Marxism and feminism - and examines their implications for issues such as meat-eating, intensive agriculture, animal experimentation, religious slaughter and hunting. An Introduction to Animals and Political Theory explores the debates and discusses controversies over what makes an entity worthy of justice: is it rationality, the ability to contribute to society, sentience, or something else? It also introduces and engages with debates about what our political obligations to animals might entail: is it simply not to cause them unnecessary suffering, or do we have much more demanding obligations not to kill, own, or even use non-human animals?
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Should Animals Have Political Rights?An Introduction to Animals and Political Theory

  • Title

    An Introduction to Animals and Political Theory

  • Author

    Alasdair Cochrane

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Palgrave Macmillan

  • Published

    October 2010

  • Weight

    341g

  • Page Count

    176

  • Dimensions

    14 x 21.6 x 1.2 cm

  • ISBN

    9780230239258

  • ISBN-10

    0230239250

  • Eden Code

    4565296