Animals As Persons : Essays on the Abolition of Animal Exploitation

A prominent and respected philosopher of animal rights law and ethical theory, Gary L. Francione is known for his criticism of animal welfare laws and regulations, his abolitionist theory of animal rights, and his promotion of veganism and nonviolence as the baseline principles of the abolitionist movement. In this collection, Francione advances the most radical theory of animal rights to date. Unlike Peter Singer, Francione maintains that we cannot morally justify using animals under any circumstances, and unlike Tom Regan, Francione's theory applies to all sentient beings, not only to those who have more sophisticated cognitive abilities. Columbia University Press Foreword, by Gary Steiner Acknowledgments Introduction: The Abolition of Animal Use Versus the Regulation of Animal Treatment 1. Animals-Property or Persons? 2. Reflections on Animals, Property, and the Law and Rain Without Thunder 3. Taking Sentience Seriously 4. Equal Consideration and the Interest of Nonhuman Animals in Continued Existence: A Response to Professor Sunstein 5. The Use of Nonhuman Animals in Biomedical Research: Necessity and Justification 6. Ecofeminism and Animal Rights: A Review of Beyond Animal Rights: A Feminist Caring Ethic for the Treatment of Animals 7. Comparable Harm and Equal Inherent Value: The Problem of the Dog in the Lifeboat Reference Guide to Selected Topics A prominent and respected philosopher of animal rights law and ethical theory, Gary L. Francione is known for his criticism of animal welfare laws and regulations, his abolitionist theory of animal rights, and his promotion of veganism and nonviolence as the baseline principles of the abolitionist movement. In this collection, Francione advances the most radical theory of animal rights to date. Unlike Peter Singer, Francione maintains that we cannot morally justify using animals under any circumstances, and unlike Tom Regan, Francione's theory applies to all sentient beings, not only to those who have more sophisticated cognitive abilities. Nature/Animal Rights Annotation A prominent and respected philosopher of animal rights law and ethical theory, Gary L. Francione is known for his criticism of animal welfare laws and regulations, his abolitionist theory of animal rights, and his promotion of veganism and nonviolence as the baseline principles of the abolitionist movement. In this collection, Francione advances the most radical theory of animal rights to date. Unlike Peter Singer, Francione maintains that we cannot morally justify using animals under any circumstances, and unlike Tom Regan, Francione's theory applies to all sentient beings, not only to those who have more sophisticated cognitive abilities The abolition of animal use versus the regulation of animal treatment Animals : property or persons? Reflections on animals, property, and the law and rain without thunder Taking sentience seriously Equal consideration and the interest of nonhuman animals in continued existence : a response to Professor Sunstein The use of nonhuman animals in biomedical research : necessity and justification Ecofeminism and animal rights : a review of beyond animal rights : a feminist Caring ethic for the treatment of animals Comparable harm and equal inherent value : the problem of the dog in the lifeboat. Demonstrates why Francione's theory is regarded as an innovation in animal ethics. This volume explains our attitudes about animals by distinguishing the issue of animal use from that of animal treatment. It presents a theory of animal rights, which focuses on the need to accord all sentient nonhumans the right not to be treated as our property. Gary L. Francione explains our historical and contemporary attitudes about animals by distinguishing the issue of animal use from that of animal treatment. He then presents a theory of animal rights that focuses on the need to accord all sentient nonhumans the right not to be treated as property. Edited By Josephine Donovan And Carol J. Adams. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [197]-201) And Index.