Duty and the Beast: Should We Eat Meat in the Name of Animal Rights?

Author:   Andy Lamey (University of California, San Diego)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
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9781316612880


Pages:   272
Publication Date:   02 September 2021
Format:   Paperback
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Duty and the Beast: Should We Eat Meat in the Name of Animal Rights?


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Author:   Andy Lamey (University of California, San Diego)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.369kg
ISBN:  

9781316612880


ISBN 10:   1316612880
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   02 September 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction: the new animal debate; 1. The case for animal protection; 2. A view to a kill; 3. Burger veganism; 4. The dinner of double effect; 5. Killing them softly; 6. What is it like to be a chicken?; 7. The logic of the larder; 8. Thinking like a plant; 9. Long live the new flesh.

Reviews

'An important contribution worthy of close study.' Christopher Bobier, Metapsychology '... rigorously researched and argued ...' M. A. Betz, Choice 'Provides us with a far better appreciation of the challenges to which vegetarians and vegans must respond. ... Duty and the Beast is a very good book published at a very opportune time. Lamey's expositions are pointed and detailed, and many of his suggestions are innovative and persuasive.' Mark Bernstein, Journal of Animal Ethics


'An important contribution worthy of close study.' Christopher Bobier, Metapsychology '... rigorously researched and argued ...' M. A. Betz, Choice 'Provides us with a far better appreciation of the challenges to which vegetarians and vegans must respond. ... Duty and the Beast is a very good book published at a very opportune time. Lamey's expositions are pointed and detailed, and many of his suggestions are innovative and persuasive.' Mark Bernstein, Journal of Animal Ethics 'Lamey's book is a highly sophisticated, yet lucid and innovative, philosophical investigation on how non-human animals ought to be treated. Those who appreciate philosophical thought experiments and/or science-informed discussions on ethics will find Lamey's work essential reading.' Markku Oksanen, Environmental Values


Author Information

Andy Lamey is Assistant Teaching Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of California, San Diego. He is the author of Frontier Justice: The Global Refugee Crisis and What to Do about It (2011).

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