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Zusatztext eloquent and extremely thought-provoking astonishingly free of sentimentality while still brimming with passion Books like this - meticulously thought-out, very attractively reasoned, with no hint of screed - do inestimable good in their incremental way, and Zoopolis is among the best Ive ever read, mainly because it avoids the pitfalls of extremism that would make it look untenable to the unconverted. Informationen zum Autor Sue Donaldson lives in Kingston, Canada where she writes essays, plays, and books, including a vegan recipe collection (Foods That Don't Bite Back, Arsenal Pulp Press 2003) and a mystery novel for young adults (Thread of Deceit, Sumach Press 2004).Will Kymlicka is the author of six books published by Oxford University Press, including Contemporary Political Philosophy: An Introduction (1990; second edition 2002), Multicultural Citizenship (1995), and Multicultural Odysseys (2007). He is the Canada Research Chair in Political Philosophy at Queen's University. Klappentext For many people animal rights suggests campaigns against factory farms, vivisection or other aspects of our woeful treatment of animals. Zoopolis moves beyond this familiar terrain, focusing not on what we must stop doing to animals, but on how we can establish positive and just relationships with different types of animals.Winner of the Canadian Philosophical Association 2013 biennial Book Prize Zusammenfassung For many people "animal rights" suggests campaigns against factory farms, vivisection or other aspects of our woeful treatment of animals. Zoopolis moves beyond this familiar terrain, focusing not on what we must stop doing to animals, but on how we can establish positive and just relationships with different types of animals. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Introduction Part I: An Expanded Theory of Animal Rights 2: Universal Basic Rights for Animals 3: Expanding ART via Citizenship Theory Part II: Applications 4: Domesticated Animals within ART 5: Domesticated Animal Citizens 6: Wild Animal Sovereignty 7: Liminal Animal Denizens 8: Conclusion ...
List of contents
- 1: Introduction
- Part I: An Expanded Theory of Animal Rights
- 2: Universal Basic Rights for Animals
- 3: Expanding ART via Citizenship Theory
- Part II: Applications
- 4: Domesticated Animals within ART
- 5: Domesticated Animal Citizens
- 6: Wild Animal Sovereignty
- 7: Liminal Animal Denizens
- 8: Conclusion
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In this careful, thoughtful, and engaging work, Sue Donaldson and Will Kymlicka affirm and extend the attribution of rights to animals. ... The book is thoroughly researched and engages a lot of literature about animals, both philosophical and sociological Ruth Abbey, Philosophy in Review
