Ethics of Killing Animals

Zusatztext ...serves as a wonderful introduction to the topic and contribution to the literature... Overall, this volume has a remarkably consistent high quality for an edited collection, as well as several genuinely standout pieces...I highly recommend this book for research as well as teaching. I would go so far as to call it essential for people working on animal ethics. Informationen zum Autor Tatjana Visak is a postdoctoral fellow at the Philosophy Department of Mannheim University and the Philosophy Department of Saarland University, Germany.Robert Garner is Professor of Politics at the University of Leicester. Klappentext While it is generally accepted that animal welfare matters morally, it is less clear how to morally evaluate the ending of an animal's life. This volume presents a collection of contributions from major thinkers in ethics and animal welfare, with a special focus on the moral evaluation of killing animals. Zusammenfassung While it is generally accepted that animal welfare matters morally, it is less clear how to morally evaluate the ending of an animal's life. This volume presents a collection of contributions from major thinkers in ethics and animal welfare, with a special focus on the moral evaluation of killing animals.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Singer, Tatjana Visak, Tatjana Garner Visak
• Assisted by: Robert Garner (Editor), Tatjana Visak (Editor), Visak Tatjana (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.12.2015
• EAN: 9780199396078
• ISBN: 978-0-19-939607-8
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Guides > Nature; Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Social & political philosophy, Ethics & moral philosophy, social and political philosophy, Animals & society, Ethics and moral philosophy, Animals and society