Animal rights
Subtitle: a very short introduction
By: David DeGrazia.
Series: Very short introductions ;; 57
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 131
Subjects: Animal rights; Animal welfare -- Moral and ethical aspects; Animal psychology
Description: By presenting models for understanding animals' moral status and rights, and examining their mental lives and welfare, the author explores the implications for how we should treat animals in connection with our diet, zoos, and research.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The moral status of animals; title: What animals are like; title: The harms of suffering, confinement, and death; title: Meat-eating; title: Keeping pets and zoo animals; title: Animal reserch.