Duty and the Beast - Should We Eat Meat in the Name of Animal Rights?

Analyzes current philosophical and scientific debates about animal rights and the ethics of eating meat.

List of contents

Introduction: the new animal debate; 1. The case for animal protection; 2. A view to a kill; 3. Burger veganism; 4. The dinner of double effect; 5. Killing them softly; 6. What is it like to be a chicken?; 7. The logic of the larder; 8. Thinking like a plant; 9. Long live the new flesh.

About the author

Andy Lamey is Assistant Teaching Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of California, San Diego. He is the author of Frontier Justice: The Global Refugee Crisis and What to Do about It (2011).

Summary

This book analyzes current ethical and scientific thinking about the morality of eating meat within an animal-rights framework, and re-evaluates perspectives on the moral status of animals. It will interest readers from academic disciplines including philosophy, animal studies, political science, and cultural studies.

Additional text

'Lamey's book is a highly sophisticated, yet lucid and innovative, philosophical investigation on how non-human animals ought to be treated. Those who appreciate philosophical thought experiments and/or science-informed discussions on ethics will find Lamey's work essential reading.' Markku Oksanen, Environmental Values

Product details

• Authors: Andy Lamey, Andy (University of California Lamey, Lamey Andy
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9781316612880
• ISBN: 978-1-316-61288-0
• No. of pages: 270
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Ethics & moral philosophy, Animals & society, Ethics and moral philosophy, Animals and society