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Animals and Why They Matter - by Mary Midgley (Paperback)

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  • Animals and Why They Matter examines the barriers that our philosophical traditions have erected between human beings and animals and reveals that the too-often ridiculed subject of animal rights is an issue crucially related to such problems within the human community as racism, sexism, and age discrimination.
  • About the Author: Mary Midgley is the author of "Beast and Man" and "Heart and Mind.
  • 160 Pages
  • Nature, Animal Rights

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About the Book



Examines the barriers that our philosophical traditions have erected between human beings and animals and reveals that the too-often ridiculed subject of animal rights is an issue crucially related to such problems within the human community as racism, sexism, and age discrimination.



Book Synopsis



Animals and Why They Matter examines the barriers that our philosophical traditions have erected between human beings and animals and reveals that the too-often ridiculed subject of animal rights is an issue crucially related to such problems within the human community as racism, sexism, and age discrimination. Mary Midgley's profound and clearly written narrative is a thought-provoking study of the way in which the opposition between reason and emotion has shaped our moral and political ideas and the problems it has raised. Whether considering vegetarianism, women's rights, or the "humanity" of pets, this book goes to the heart of the question of why all animals matter.



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In Animals and Why They Matter, Mary Midgley examines the barriers that our traditions have erected between human beings and animals, and reveals that the too-often ridiculed subject of animal rights is an issue crucially related to such problems within the human community as racism, sexism, and age discrimination.



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Her treatment of vegetarianism and her treatment of the question of women's rights as a parallel to animals' rights are brilliant.

--Frederick Ferré "author of Philosophy of Technology"

Brings together two intellectual currents: an increased scientific understanding and public appreciation of animals, and an increasing tendency by philosophers to extend moral questions beyond the barrier of our own species.

--Smithsonian

Midgley demolishes some of the most frequently heard arguments against the protection of animals.

--New York Review of Books

This is a good and readable, though not easy, book, and it is written with such sincerity that it will force readers to consider more deeply the question of exactly what sort of rights animals--human beings included--have.

--Christian Science Monitor



About the Author



Mary Midgley is the author of "Beast and Man" and "Heart and Mind." She lives in Newcastle on Tyne, England.
Dimensions (Overall): 8.58 Inches (H) x 5.57 Inches (W) x .44 Inches (D)
Weight: .52 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 160
Genre: Nature
Sub-Genre: Animal Rights
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Format: Paperback
Author: Mary Midgley
Language: English
Street Date: September 1, 1998
TCIN: 88973021
UPC: 9780820320410
Item Number (DPCI): 247-56-4528
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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