Babies and Beasts: The Argument from Marginal Cases

by Daniel A. Dombrowski

Both its defenders and detractors
have described the argument from marginal cases as the most important
to date in defense of animal rights. Hotly debated among philosophers
for some twenty years, the argument concludes that no morally relevant
characteristic distinguishes human beings-including infants, the
severely retarded, the comatose, and other "marginal cases"--from
any other animals.
Babies and Beasts...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252066383
• ISBN13: 9780252066382
• Release Date: July 1997
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"