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Authors: Stephen R.L. Clark
ISBN-13: 9780415135597, ISBN-10: 0415135591
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Taylor & Francis, Inc.
Date Published: April 1997
Edition: (Non-applicable)

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Author Biography: Stephen R.L. Clark

Book Synopsis

Twenty years ago, people thought only cranks or sentimentalists could be seriously concerned about the treatment of non-human animals. However, since then philosophers, scientists and welfarists have raised public awareness of the issue; and they have begun to lay the foundations for an enormous change in human practice. This book is a record of the development of 'animal rights' through the eyes of one highly-respected and well-known thinker.
This book brings together for the first time Stephen R.L. Clark's major essays in one volume. Written with characteristic clarity and persuasion, Animals and Their Moral Standing will be essential reading for both philosophers and scientists, as well as the general reader concerned by the debates over animal rights and treatment.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
1Introduction1
2How to Calculate the Greater Good (1978)9
3The Rights of Wild Things (1979)16
4Awareness and Self-Awareness (1981)31
5Humans, Animals and 'Animal Behaviour' (1983)42
6Hume, Animals and the Objectivity of Morals (1985)55
7Animals, Ecosystems and the Liberal Ethic (1987)70
8The Description and Evaluation of Animal Emotion (1987)87
9Utility, Rights and the Domestic Virtues (1988)97
10Ethical Problems in Animal Welfare (1989)97
11The Reality of Shared Emotion (1990)121
12The Consciousness of Animals (1991)139
13Modern Errors, Ancient Virtues (1994)154
Stephen R. L. Clark: Publications169
Notes175
Bibliography183
Index190

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