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The Moral Menagerie : Philosophy and Animal Rights.

Fellenz, Marc R.

The Moral Menagerie : Philosophy and Animal Rights. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (313 pages)

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF THE RECENT DEBATE -- 1. Why Care about Animals? -- 2. Broader Philosophical Considerations -- PART II: SURVEY OF EXTENSIONIST ARGUMENTS -- 3. Utilitarian Arguments: The Value of Animal Experience -- 4. Deontological Arguments: Do Animals Have Natural Rights? -- 5. Aristotelian Arguments: Animal Telos and Human Arete -- 6. Contractarian Arguments: Animals outside the State of Nature -- PART III: THE ANIMAL OR THE GOOD? -- 7. Extensionism and Its Limits -- 8. The Call and the Circle: The Animal in Postmodern Thought -- 9. Ecophilosophy: Deep Ecology and Ecofeminism -- PART IV: THE HUMAN ANIMALS IN THE MENAGERIE -- 10. Sacrifice and Self-Overcoming -- 11. The Child, the Hunter, and the Artist -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

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Human-animal relationships-Philosophy.


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