Ethics and Animals - An Introduction

This updated introduction to animal ethics helps readers to reflect critically and empathetically on our relationships with other animals.

List of contents

1. Why animals matter; 2. The natural and the normative; 3. Eating animals; 4. Experimenting with animals; 5. Dilemmas of captivity; 6. Animals in the wild; 7. Action for Animals.

About the author

Lori Gruen is William Griffin Professor of Philosophy at Wesleyan University. She is author and editor of eleven books, including The Ethics of Captivity (2014), Entangled Empathy (2015), and Critical Terms for Animal Studies (2018).

Summary

In this comprehensive updated introduction to animal ethics, Lori Gruen weaves together poignant and provocative case studies with discussions of ethical theory, urging readers to engage critically and reflect empathetically on our relationships with other animals.

Product details

• Authors: Lori Gruen, Lori (Wesleyan University Gruen, Gruen Lori
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2021
• EAN: 9781108833684
• ISBN: 978-1-108-83368-4
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Cambridge Applied Ethics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Philosophy, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, The environment, Ethics & moral philosophy, Bioethics, Ethics and moral philosophy, Science / Environmental Science, Bio-ethics