Animals & Ethics (Morality in Our Age Audio Classics Series)

Here are some of the best minds of the nineties focussing on some of the most puzzling ethical issues. Each three-hour presentation brings philosophy out of its ivory tower and makes it both interesting and compelling for the intelligent lay person. Realities of money, sex, power, and violence meet the ideals of responsibility integrity and moral well being. Narrated by versatile Emmy-Award winning actors Robert Guillaume and Cliff Robertson. Do we have a duty to protect animals and plants? For most of human history killing animals or plants presented few moral problems; they seemed made for our use. the rapid growth and increasing dominance of human civilization along with the view that we are animals ourselves raises many questions about the moral standing and rights of other living things. Is it morally wrong to hunt eat meat wear fur or lea ther eradicate pests or to conduct medical experiments on animals? A powerful and challenging view of our relationship with other living creatures