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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Verso Books
Publication date
August 1, 2002
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9781859846643
ISBN-10
1859846645
Dimensions
0.75 by 5.75 by 8.75 in.
Availability§
Out of Print
Published in
Great Britain
Original list price
$60.00
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
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Amazon.com description: Product Description: Foot-and-mouth and mad-cow disease are but two of the results of treating animals as commodities, subject only to commercial constraints and ignoring all natural and moral considerations. Chickens hanging by their necks on conveyor belts, caged pigs with sores, bloated dead sheep with their legs in the air, mutilated dogs waiting to die after undergoing horrendous experiments in the name of science or just product-testingâthese are some of the images that illustrate the indifference of a consumerist society to the suffering of animals. Few are willing to recognize that the packaged, sanitized supermarket meat that materializes on their dinner tables every day is the result of an industrial process involving unimaginable pain and suffering. We would be horrified if our pets were harmed, yet every day we eat animals that have been tortured and executed.
Mark Rowlands claims that it is simply unjust to harm animals. As conscious, sentient beings, biologically continuous with humans, they have interests that cannot simply be disregarded. Using simple principles of justice, he argues that animals have moral rights, and examines the consequences of this claim in the contexts of vegetarianism, animal experimentation, zoos and hunting, and animal rights activism.
Mark Rowlands claims that it is simply unjust to harm animals. As conscious, sentient beings, biologically continuous with humans, they have interests that cannot simply be disregarded. Using simple principles of justice, he argues that animals have moral rights, and examines the consequences of this claim in the contexts of vegetarianism, animal experimentation, zoos and hunting, and animal rights activism.
Editions
Hardcover
The price comparison is for this edition
from Verso Books (August 1, 2002)
9781859846643 | details & prices | 5.75 × 8.75 × 0.75 in. | 0.95 lbs | List price $60.00
About: Foot-and-mouth and mad-cow disease are but two of the results of treating animals as commodities, subject only to commercial constraints and ignoring all natural and moral considerations.
About: Foot-and-mouth and mad-cow disease are but two of the results of treating animals as commodities, subject only to commercial constraints and ignoring all natural and moral considerations.
Paperback
With Colin McGinn (other contributor) |
from Verso Books (August 1, 2002)
9781859843864 | details & prices | 5.50 × 8.50 × 0.75 in. | 0.80 lbs | List price $18.00
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