Francione Why Veganism Matters

The Moral Value of Animals
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-0-231-55320-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch

Reihe: Critical Perspectives on Animals: Theory, Culture, Science and Law

Why Veganism Matters presents the case for the personhood of nonhuman animals and for veganism in a clear and accessible way that does not require any philosophical or legal background. This book offers a persuasive and powerful argument for all readers who care about animals but are not sure whether they have a moral obligation to be vegan.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Francione, Gary

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften, Biologie: Sachbuch, Naturführer
• Rechtswissenschaften Bürgerliches Recht Sachenrecht
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Tier- und Umweltschutz
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Kochen, Essen, Trinken

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Our Conventional Wisdom—Animals as Quasi-Persons
2. Two Contemporary Approaches to Animal Personhood
3. Animals as Persons—a Matter of Sentience Alone
4. The Right Not to Be Property
5. Veganism as a Moral Imperative
Conclusion
Notes
Reference/Study Guide

Über Autor(innen)

Gary L. Francione is Board of Governors Distinguished Professor of Law and Nicholas deB. Katzenbach Scholar of Law and Philosophy at Rutgers University Law School and visiting professor of philosophy at the University of Lincoln (UK). He is the author of many books, including Animals as Persons: Essays on the Abolition of Animal Exploitation (Columbia, 2008).