Contact us on (02) 8445 2300
For all customer service and order enquiries

Woodslane Online Catalogues

9780252031182 Academic Inspection Copy

The Moral Menagerie

PHILOSOPHY AND ANIMAL RIGHTS
  • ISBN-13: 9780252031182
  • Publisher: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PRESS
    Imprint: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PRESS
  • By Marc R. Fellenz
  • Price: AUD $206.00
  • Stock: 0 in stock
  • Availability: This book is temporarily out of stock, order will be despatched as soon as fresh stock is received.
  • Local release date: 14/07/2007
  • Format: Hardback 288 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Philosophy [HP]
Description
Reviews
Google
Preview
The Moral Menagerie offers a broad philosophical analysis of the recent debate over animal rights. Marc Fellenz locates the debate in its historical and social contexts, traces its roots in the history of Western philosophy, and analyzes the most important arguments that have been offered on both sides. Fellenz argues that the debate has been philosophically valuable for focusing attention on fundamental problems in ethics and other areas of philosophy, and for raising issues ofconcern to both Anglo-American and continental thinkers. More provocatively, he also argues that the form the debate often takes--attempting to extend our traditional human-centered moral categories to cover other animals--is ultimately inadequate. Making use of the critical perspectives found in environmentalism, feminism, and postmodernism, he concludes that taking animals seriously requires a more radical reassessment of our moral framework than the concept of “animal rights implies.
''... rich and wide-ranging analysis ...''--Financial Times Magazine, May 26/27 2007
Google Preview content