The question of nature and extent of our moral obligations to non-human animals has featured prominently in recent moral debate. This book defends the position that a contractarian moral theory can be used to justify the claim that animals possess a substantial and wide-ranging set of moral rights. Critiquing the rival accounts of Peter Singer and Tom Regan, this study shows how an influential form of the social contract idea can be extended to make sense of the concept of animal rights.
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The question of nature and extent of our moral obligations to non-human animals has featured prominently in recent moral debate. This book defends the position that a contractarian moral theory can be used to justify the claim that animals possess a substantial and wide-ranging set of moral rights. Critiquing the rival accounts of Peter Singer and Tom Regan, this study shows how an influential form of the social contract idea can be extended to make sense of the concept of animal rights.
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Good in Good jacket. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK: Macmillan Press Ltd, 1998 Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Good in Good DJ; light foxing to leading edge; spots on bottom of rear board where DJ had stuck to board; DJ has closed tear at top front of spine and rear bottom of spine-now in protector; text clean & tight.
