Putting Humans First
Subtitle: Why We Are Nature's Favorite (Studies in Social, Political, and Legal Philosophy)
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Published: March 25, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9780742533455
Subjects: Ethics & Moral Philosophy; Philosophy; Animals; Non-Classifiable; Philosophy / General; Environmentalism; Animal Rights; Human rights; Moral and ethical aspects
Description: "Putting Humans First passionately argues for the primacy of human life in the natural world and the corresponding justice of humans making use of animals; it disputes the concept of "animal rights" and "animal liberation" and shows human beings to be very much a part of nature, though not ordinarily of the wilds. Given their nature, Tibor R. Machan argues that human beings not only can, but ought to use nature to serve their own needs."--Jacket.