The ethics of killing animals [electronic resource] / edited by Tatjana Visak, Robert Garner, with afterword by Peter Singer.
Višak, Tatjana, 1974- editor.; Garner, Robert, 1960- editor.; Singer, Peter, 1946- writer of added text.
2015
HV4708 .E846 2015eb
Available Online

Linked e-resources

Linked Resource Online Access

Details

Title The ethics of killing animals [electronic resource] / edited by Tatjana Visak, Robert Garner, with afterword by Peter Singer.
ISBN 9780199396108 (electronic book)
DOI https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199396078
Published New York : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (252 pages) : illustrations
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199396078 doi
Call Number HV4708 .E846 2015eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 179.3
Summary This title examines the fields of value theory, normative and applied ethics on the issue of killing animals. It addresses a number of questions: Can painless killing harm or benefit an animal and, if so, why and under what conditions? Can coming into existence harm or benefit an animal? Is killing animals morally acceptable? Should animals have the legal right to life? In addressing these questions, animal rights and animal welfare positions are articulated and debated by some of the foremost thinkers on these issues, with a distinction made between rights-based and utilitarian approaches.
Note This title examines the fields of value theory, normative and applied ethics on the issue of killing animals. It addresses a number of questions: Can painless killing harm or benefit an animal and, if so, why and under what conditions? Can coming into existence harm or benefit an animal? Is killing animals morally acceptable? Should animals have the legal right to life? In addressing these questions, animal rights and animal welfare positions are articulated and debated by some of the foremost thinkers on these issues, with a distinction made between rights-based and utilitarian approaches.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access Note Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on September 9, 2015).
Added Author Višak, Tatjana, 1974- editor.
Garner, Robert, 1960- editor.
Singer, Peter, 1946- writer of added text.
Available in Other Form Ethics of killing animals.
Linked Resources Online Access
Record Appears in Online Resources > Ebooks
All Resources
pt. I : Animals and the harm of death
1. Killing as a welfare issue / T.J. Kasperbauer and 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
pt. II. Moral evaluation of killing animals
7. Do utilitarians need to accept the replaceability argument? / Tatjana Višak
8. Singer on killing animals / Shelly Kagan
9. A Kantian case for animal rights / Christine M. Korsgaard
10. Kantian constructivism and the ethics of killing animals / Frederike Haldewaij
pt. 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.

Browse Subjects

Show more subjects...

Statistics

from
to
Export