Ethics and the beast [electronic resource] : an speciesist argument for animal liberationism / Tzachi Zamir.

By:

Zamir, Tzachi, 1967-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2007.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 146 p.)ISBN:

9781400828135 (electronic bk.)
1400828139 (electronic bk.)

Other title:

Speciesist argument for animal liberationism

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Ethics and the beast.DDC classification:

179/.3 22

LOC classification:

HV4708 .Z36 2007eb

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Contents:

Ethics and beasts -- Is speciesism opposed to liberationism? -- Why animals matter -- Killing -- Killing for pleasure -- Killing for knowledge -- Using -- Use or exploitation? -- Culinary use -- Therapeutic use -- Recreational use.

Summary: 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 in a flexible and pragmatic way. By making a case for liberation that is based primarily on common moral intuitions and beliefs, and that therefore.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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 in a flexible and pragmatic way. By making a case for liberation that is based primarily on common moral intuitions and beliefs, and that therefore.