| Animals and Why They Matter Contributor(s): Midgley, Mary (Author) |
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ISBN: 0820320412 ISBN-13: 9780820320410 Publisher: University of Georgia Press OUR PRICE: $22.75 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 1998 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Nature | Animal Rights - Nature | Animals - General - Philosophy | Ethics & Moral Philosophy |
| Dewey: 179.3 |
| LCCN: 83017933 |
| Physical Information: 0.44" H x 5.57" W x 8.58" (0.52 lbs) 160 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Midgley, Mary: - MARY MIDGLEY is the author of Beast and Man and Heart and Mind. She lives in Newcastle on Tyne, England. |