Why Animal Suffering Matters - Philosophy, Theology, and Practical Ethics

In this superbly argued and deeply engaging book, Andrew Linzey not only shows that animals can and do suffer but also that many of the justifications for inflicting animal suffering in fact provide grounds for protecting them.

List of contents

• Contents


• About the Author


• Introduction: Reason, Ethics, and Animals


• Part One: Making the Rational Case


• 1. Why Animal Suffering Matters Morally


• 2. How We Minimise Animal Suffering and How We Can Change


• Part Two: Three Practical Critiques


• 3. First Case: Hunting with Dogs


• 4. Second Case: Fur Farming


• 5. Third Case: Commercial Sealing


• 6. Conclusion: Re-Establishing Animals and Children as a Common Cause, and Six Objections Considered


• Acknowledgements


• Index

About the author

Andrew Linzey is Director of the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics and a Member of the Faculty of Theology in the University of Oxford, and Director of the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics. He is the author of Animal Theology, Creatures of the Same God and Animal Rites: Liturgies of Animal Care.

Summary

In this superbly argued and deeply engaging book, Andrew Linzey not only shows that animals can and do suffer but also that many of the justifications for inflicting animal suffering in fact provide grounds for protecting them.

Additional text

Linzey brings fresh eyes to the tradition, discovers in it unexpected resources, and breathes new life into doctrines that have come to seem antiquated.

Product details

• Authors: Andrew Linzey, Andrew (Director of the Oxford Centre for Linzey, Andrew (Director of the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics Linzey, Linzey Andrew
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.12.2013
• EAN: 9780199351848
• ISBN: 978-0-19-935184-8
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Guides > Nature; Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, RELIGION / Religion & Science, Ethics & moral philosophy, Animals & society, Ethics and moral philosophy, Religion and science, Religion & science, Animals and society / Animal rights - issues and debates