Zoopolis : a political theory of animal rights / Sue Donaldson and Will Kymlicka.
Zoopolis offers a new agenda for the theory and practice of animal rights. Most animal rights theory focuses on the intrinsic capacities or interests of animals, and the moral status and moral rights that these intrinsic characteristics give rise to. Zoopolis shifts the debate from the realm of mora...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2011.
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| Summary: | Zoopolis offers a new agenda for the theory and practice of animal rights. Most animal rights theory focuses on the intrinsic capacities or interests of animals, and the moral status and moral rights that these intrinsic characteristics give rise to. Zoopolis shifts the debate from the realm of moral theory and applied ethics to the realm of political theory, focusing on the relational obligations that arise from the varied ways that animals relate to human societies and institutions. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vii, 329 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191620553 0191620556 9780191618987 0191618985 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCOhost platform, viewed August 14, 2024). |