Animal Rights: Moral Theory and Practice

Rowlands, Mark

ISBN 10: 0230219446 / ISBN 13: 9780230219441

Published by Palgrave Macmillan, 2009

About this Item

In this 2nd edition the author has substantially revised his book throughout, updating the moral arguments and adding a chapter on animal minds. Importantly, rather than being a polemic on animal rights, this book is also a considered and imaginative evaluation of moral theory as explored through the issue of animal rights. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFZ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 460. . 2009. 2nd ed. 2009. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Animal Rights: Moral Theory and Practice
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0230219446
• ISBN 13: 9780230219441
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

In this 2nd edition the author has substantially revised his book throughout, updating the moral arguments and adding a chapter on animal minds. Importantly, rather than being a polemic on animal rights, this book is also a considered and imaginative evaluation of moral theory as explored through the issue of animal rights.

About the Author

MARK ROWLANDS is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Miami, USA. He is author of a dozen books, translated into more than twenty languages. These include The Body in Mind (1999), The Nature of Consciousness (2001), Animals Like Us (2002) and Body Language (2006). His autobiography, The Philosopher and the Wolf was published in 2008.