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Author:   Tatjana Visak (Postdoctoral Fellow in Philosophy, Postdoctoral Fellow in Philosophy, Saarland University and Mannheim University) ,  Robert Garner (Professor of Politics, Professor of Politics, University of Leicester) ,  Peter Singer (Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics, Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics, Princeton University)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.90cm
Weight:   0.363kg
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9780199396085

ISBN 10:   0199396086
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   08 October 2015
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

List of Contributors List of Figures Acknowledgments Introduction (Tatjana Visak and Robert Garner) Part I: Animals and the Harm of Death 1. Killing as a Welfare Issue (T.J. Kasperbauer & Peter Sandøe) 2. Death, Pain and Animal Life (Christopher Belshaw) 3. Is Death Bad for a Cow? (Ben Bradley) 4. The Comparative Badness for Animals of Suffering and Death (Jeff McMahan) 5. Animal Interests (Steven Luper) 6. The Value of Coming into Existence (Nils Holtug) Part II: Moral Evaluation of Killing Animals 7. Do Utilitarians Need to Accept the Replaceability Argument? (Tatjana Visak) 8. Singer on Killing Animals (Shelly Kagan) 9. A Kantian Case for Animal Rights (Christine Korsgaard) 10. Kantian Constructivism and the Ethics of Killing Animals (Frederike Kaldewaij) Part III: Killing Animals and the Politicization of Normative Ethics 11. Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness? Specifying the Rights of Animals (Alasdair Cochrane) 12. Welfare, Rights, and Non-ideal Theory (Robert Garner) Afterword by Peter Singer References Index

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...serves as a wonderful introduction to the topic and contribution to the literature... Overall, this volume has a remarkably consistent high quality for an edited collection, as well as several genuinely standout pieces...I highly recommend this book for research as well as teaching. I would go so far as to call it essential for people working on animal ethics. * Jeff Sebo, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews Online * This work has much to offer anyone interested in animal studies, human-animal interactions, or ethical/moral philosophy in general, as it examines many core ideas and notable philosophical positions...it should be read comparatively across a variety of philosophical frames or used as a reference to approach the core issues it takes up...Recommended. * S. M. Weiss, Choice. *

.. .serves as a wonderful introduction to the topic and contribution to the literature...Overall, this volume has a remarkably consistent high quality for an edited collection, as well as several genuinely standout pieces...I highly recommend this book for research as well as teaching. I would go so far as to call it essential for people working on animal ethics. -- Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews Online This work has much to offer anyone interested in animal studies, human-animal interactions, or ethical/moral philosophy in general, as it examines many core ideas and notable philosophical positions...it should be read comparatively across a variety of philosophical frames or used as a reference to approach the core issues it takes upELRecommended. -- Choice

Author Information

Tatjana Visak is a postdoctoral fellow at the Philosophy Department of Mannheim University and the Philosophy Department of Saarland University, Germany. Robert Garner is Professor of Politics at the University of Leicester.

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