Introduction : Animal rights and animal welfare -- 1. Animal rights: the rejection of instrumentalism -- 2. The new welfarists -- 3. The philosophical and historical origins of new welfarism -- 4. The results of new welfarism: the "animal confusion" movement -- 5. The empirical and structural defects of animal welfare theory -- 6. Is animal rights a "utopian" theory? -- Rights theory: an incremental approach -- Conclusion
Summary
Are "animal welfare" supporters indistinguishable from the animal exploiters they oppose? Do reformist measures reaffirm the underlying principles that make animal exploitation possible in the first place? In this provocative book, Gary L. Francione argues that the modern animal rights movement has become indistinguishable from a century-old concern with the welfare of animals that in no way prevents them from being exploited
