The Moral Rights of Animals

by Nathan Nobis and Mylan Engel Jr.

Book Overview

Edited by Mylan Engel Jr. and Gary Lynn Comstock, this book employs different ethical lenses, including classical deontology, libertarianism, commonsense morality, virtue ethics, utilitarianism, and the capabilities approach, to explore the philosophical basis for the strong animal rights view, which holds that animals have moral rights equal in strength to the rights of humans, while also addressing what are undoubtedly the most serious challenges...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 149853192X
• ISBN13: 9781498531924
• Release Date: March 2018
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 326 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 8.9"