Animal Rights

What is the role of government in protecting animal welfare? What principles should policy makers draw on as they try to balance animal welfare against human liberty? Much has been written in recent years on our moral duties towards animals, but...

Derrida wrote extensively on "the question of the animal." In particular, he challenged Heidegger's, Husserl's, and other philosophers' work on the subject, questioning their phenomenological criteria for distinguishing humans from animals. Examining a...

Gary L. Francione is a law professor and leading philosopher of animal rights theory. Robert Garner is a political theorist specializing in the philosophy and politics of animal protection. Francione maintains that we have no moral justification for...

Animal lovers who feed meat to other animals are faced with a paradox: perhaps fewer animals would be harmed if they stopped feeding the ones they love. Animal diets do not raise problems merely for individuals. To address environmental crises, health...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781793610485Author Tomaz GrusovnikFormat PaperbackPage Count 242Imprint Lexington BooksPublisher Lexington BooksWeight(grams) 160g

With a new Preface by the authorWhen disasters strike, people are not the only victims. Hurricane Katrina raised public attention about how disasters affect dogs, cats, and other animals considered members of the human family. In this short but powerful...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590566435Author Linnea RyshkeFormat HardbackPage Count 114Imprint Lantern Books,USPublisher Lantern Books,USWeight(grams) 1g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781948814775Author Mark SpitzerFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Torrey House PressPublisher Torrey House PressWeight(grams) 159g

The world of insects is at once beneath our feet and unfathomably alien. Small and innumerable, insects surround and disrupt us even as we scarcely pay them any mind. Insects confront us with the limits of what is imaginable, while at the same time being...

Is God a Vegetarian? is one of the most complete explorations of vegetarianism in the Judeo-Christian tradition. Young, a linguistics and New Testament scholar, attempts to answer the question being asked with greater and greater frequency: "Are...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525659068Author Bill WasikFormat HardbackPage Count 464Imprint Alfred A. KnopfPublisher Alfred A. KnopfWeight(grams) 697g

Animal lovers who feed meat to other animals are faced with a paradox: perhaps fewer animals would be harmed if they stopped feeding the ones they love. Animal diets do not raise problems merely for individuals. To address environmental crises, health...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312118181Author Peter SingerFormat PaperbackPage Count 312Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 431g

From caged orangutans to roasted pig, from dog training to horse phobias, from communicating bees to ruminating cows, Derek Ryan explores how animals are encountered in theoretical discourse. Over the course of an introduction and four thematically...

It is widely agreed that because animals feel pain we should not make them suffer gratuitously. Some ethical theories go even further: because of the capacities that they possess, animals have the right not to be harmed or killed. These views concern...

Immerse yourself in the world of animal rights protests, campaigns, demonstrations, outreach, rescue, and so much more. In today's world, voices of the marginalized are in the spotlight and people across the globe are recognizing animal rights as a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590566701Author Ingrid NewkirkFormat PaperbackPage Count 438Imprint Lantern Books,USPublisher Lantern Books,USWeight(grams) 1g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590561201Author Matt BallFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Lantern Books,USPublisher Lantern Books,USDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm * 9mm

The first systematic application of Marx's value theory to animal labour within the context of capitalist food systems Applies Marx's value theory which builds on and adapts recent work in animal studies, posthumanities, critical race theory and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781570673986Author Captain Paul WatsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint Book Publishing CompanyPublisher Book Publishing Company

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312559946Author Ingrid E NewkirkFormat PaperbackPage Count 496Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 544gDimensions(mm) 213mm...

Now that supposedly distinguishing marks of humanity, from reasoning to tool use, have been found in other species, how can we justify discriminating against nonhuman animals solely on the basis of their species? And how must cultural studies and...

In this compelling volume in the What Everyone Needs to Know series, Paul Waldau expertly navigates the many heated debates surrounding the complex and controversial animal rights movement. Organized around a series of probing questions, this timely...

A major revision of animal rights bible Striking at the Roots, referencing changes from the last 10 years including the rise of social media, which is now a key part of any campaign. The book brings together the most effective tactics for speaking out...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780544310469Author Delia OwensFormat HardbackPage Count 322Imprint Mariner BooksPublisher Mariner BooksWeight(grams) 640g

Do all animals have rights? Is it morally wrong to use mice or dogs in medical research, or rabbits and cows as food? How ought we resolve conflicts between the interests of humans and those of other animals? Philosophical inquiry is essential in...

Kathy Stevens has an abounding love of animals that is the foundation of compassion upon which the Catskill Animal Sanctuary is built. Her tales of the rescued animals who inhabit her haven are moving, provocative, and by turns hilarious and devastating...

This book draws together, for the first time, the published research on the behaviour, ecology and welfare of elephants living in zoos, circuses, logging camps and other captive environments in a single comprehensive volume. It takes a multi-disciplinary...

In recent years, scientific advances in our understanding of animal minds have led to major changes in how we think about, and treat, animals in zoos and aquariums. The general public, it seems, is slowly coming to understand that animals like apes,...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781088080986Author John TallentFormat PaperbackPage Count 344Imprint IngramSparkPublisher IngramSparkWeight(grams) 458g

Elephant Sense and Sensibility is a comprehensive treatment of the full range of elephant behavior. Beginning with chapters on evolution and the elephant's brain, this book is an integrated presentation of the elephant's capacity for memory, morality,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692829486Author Michelle PescosolidoFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint My Vegan DreamsPublisher My Vegan DreamsWeight(grams) 290gDimensions(mm) 254mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781948489232Author Jr MacGregorFormat PaperbackPage Count 88Imprint Cac PublishingPublisher Cac PublishingWeight(grams) 141gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

Genetics and the Behavior of Domestic Animals, Third Edition offers the latest and most valuable information on animal science and behavioral genetics, carrying on the book's legacy since its original publication in 1998. This book synthesizes research...

Philosophy reads humanity against animality, arguing that "man" is man because he is separate from beast. Deftly challenging this position, Kelly Oliver proves that, in fact, it is the animal that teaches us to be human. Through their sex, their habits,...

Animals fall in love, establish rules for fair play, exchange valued goods and services, hold "funerals" for fallen comrades, deploy sex as a weapon, and communicate with one another using rich vocabularies. Animals also get jealous and violent or greedy...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781541599307Author Jeff CampbellFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Zest Books (Tm)Publisher Zest Books (Tm)Weight(grams) 640gDimensions(mm) 226mm * 152mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385314282Author Jeffrey Moussaieff MassonFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing GroupPublisher Bantam Doubleday Dell...

A spectrum of scholarship on humans' deadly relationship with animalsA spectrum of scholarship on humans' deadly relationship with animalsAbout the AuthorThe Animal Studies Group consists of the following British scholars: Steve Baker (art history,...