| Arguments about Animal Ethics Contributor(s): Goodale, Greg (Editor), Black, Jason Edward (Editor), Atkins-Sayre, Wendy (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 0739142984 ISBN-13: 9780739142981 Publisher: Lexington Books OUR PRICE: $131.67 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Nature | Animal Rights - Philosophy | Ethics & Moral Philosophy - Social Science | Media Studies |
| Dewey: 179.3 |
| LCCN: 2009050526 |
| Physical Information: 0.89" H x 6.43" W x 9.26" (1.18 lbs) 262 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Bringing together the expertise of rhetoricians in English and communication as well as media studies scholars, Arguments about Animal Ethics delves into the rhetorical and discursive practices of participants in controversies over the use of nonhuman animals for meat, entertainment, fur, and vivisection. Both sides of the debate are carefully analyzed, as the contributors examine how stakeholders persuade or fail to persuade audiences about the ethics of animal rights or the value of using animals. The essays in this volume cover a wide range of topics, such as the campaigns waged by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (including the sexy vegetarian and nude campaigns), greyhound activists, the Corolla Wild Horse Fund, food manufacturers, and the biomedical research industry, as well as communication across the human-nonhuman animal boundary and the failure of the animal rights movement to protest research into genetically modifying living beings. Arguments about Animal Ethics' insightful analysis of the animal rights movement will appeal to communication scholars, as well as those interested in social change. |