Ethics and the Beast: A Speciesist Argument for Animal Liberation

by Tzachi Zamir

Book Overview

Many people think that animal liberation would require a fundamental transformation of basic beliefs. We would have to give up "speciesism" and start viewing animals as our equals, with rights and moral status. And we would have to apply these beliefs in an all-or-nothing way. But in Ethics and the Beast, Tzachi Zamir makes the radical argument that animal liberation doesn't require such radical arguments--and that liberation could be accomplished...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 069113328X
• ISBN13: 9780691133287
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.5" x 9.3"