An Introduction to Animals and Political Theory - Couverture souple

Cochrane, A.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0230239269 ISBN 13 : 9780230239265

Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

• How should political communities govern their relations with animals?
• Are animals owed justice?
• What might justice for animals involve?
  
  Alasdair Cochrane introduces the most prominent schools in contemporary political theory utilitarianism, liberalism, communitarianism, Marxism and feminism and examines their implications for issues such as meat-eating, intensive agriculture, animal experimentation, religious slaughter and hunting.
  
  An Introduction to Animals and Political Theory explores the debates and discusses controversies over what makes an entity worthy of justice: is it rationality, the ability to contribute to society, sentience, or something else? It also introduces and engages with debates about what our political obligations to animals might entail: is it simply not to cause them unnecessary suffering, or do we have much more demanding obligations not to kill, own, or even use non-human animals?
  
  

Biographie de l'auteur :

ALASDAIR COCHRANE is Lecturer in Human Rights at the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK. He has published on animal ethics, bioethics, human rights and environmental ethics in journals such as Political Studies, Utilitas, Bioethics and Res Publica.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Palgrave Macmillan
• Date d'édition: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0230239269
• ISBN 13: 9780230239265
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 167