All that dwell therein : animal rights and environmental ethics /

"Papers and lectures written and delivered over the past six years or so on the general topic of human obligations to nonhumans"--Pref. Includes index. Bibliography: p. 241-246. The moral basis of vegetarianism -- Utilitarianism, vegetarianism, and animal rights -- Animal experimentation -...

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Main Author: Regan, Tom
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1982.
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Summary:"Papers and lectures written and delivered over the past six years or so on the general topic of human obligations to nonhumans"--Pref. Includes index. Bibliography: p. 241-246. The moral basis of vegetarianism -- Utilitarianism, vegetarianism, and animal rights -- Animal experimentation -- Animal rights, human wrongs -- Why whaling is wrong -- An examination and defense of one argument concerning animal rights -- Animals and the law -- What sorts of beings can have rights? -- The nature and possibility of an environmental ethic -- Environmental ethics and the ambiguity of the Native Americans' relationship with nature.
Item Description:"Papers and lectures written and delivered over the past six years or so on the general topic of human obligations to nonhumans"--Preface.
Physical Description:x, 249 pages ; 23 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-246) and index.
ISBN:0520045718
9780520045712