Should Animals Have Political Rights?

Should Animals Have Political Rights?
Author :
Publisher : Polity
Total Pages : 0
Release :
ISBN-10 : 1509530053
ISBN-13 : 9781509530052
Rating : 4/5 (53 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Should Animals Have Political Rights? by : Alasdair Cochrane

Download or read book Should Animals Have Political Rights? written by Alasdair Cochrane and published by Polity. This book was released on 2019-12-23 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All political communities must make decisions about how to regulate the treatment of animals. Most states currently protect animals through outlawing the infliction of ‘unnecessary suffering’. But do animals’ rights end there? In this book, Alasdair Cochrane argues that states must go much further. Animals have rights to be protected not only from the cruelty of individuals, but also from those structures and institutions which routinely (and, in some cases, necessarily) cause them harm, such as industrialised animal agriculture. But even that isn’t adequate. In order to ensure that their interests are taken seriously, it is imperative that we represent their interests throughout the political process – they require not only rights to protection, but also to democratic membership. Cochrane’s important intervention in this controversial debate will be essential reading for anyone interested in the intersection of political theory and animal rights.


Should Animals Have Political Rights? Related Books

Should Animals Have Political Rights?
Language: en
Pages: 0
Authors: Alasdair Cochrane
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-12-23 - Publisher: Polity

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

All political communities must make decisions about how to regulate the treatment of animals. Most states currently protect animals through outlawing the inflic
The Case for Animal Rights
Language: en
Pages: 452
Authors: Tom Regan
Categories: Nature
Type: BOOK - Published: 1983 - Publisher: Univ of California Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

THE argument for animal rights, a classic since its appearance in 1983, from the moral philosophical point of view. With a new preface.
Zoopolis
Language: en
Pages: 338
Authors: Sue Donaldson
Categories: Nature
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-11-24 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

To all of these animals we owe respect for their basic inviolable rights.
A Theory of Justice for Animals
Language: en
Pages: 206
Authors: Robert Garner
Categories: Nature
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-08-15 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

At the same time, he argues that humans have a greater interest in life and liberty than most species of nonhuman animals.
The Animal Rights Debate
Language: en
Pages: 289
Authors: Gary L. Francione
Categories: Nature
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-10-26 - Publisher: Columbia University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Gary L. Francione is a law professor and leading philosopher of animal rights theory. Robert Garner is a political theorist specializing in the philosophy and p