Ch.1. Animal rights and welfare explained -- ch. 2. Animal exploitation and use -- ch. 3. Animal experimentation
Summary
Explores the ethical distinctions between animal rights and animal welfare, which includes the debated concepts of sentience and ̀speciesism'. Do human beings have a moral authority over animals on the basis of their perceived differences in relation to self-awareness and suffering? A variety of views are presented in the debate over the way in which humans use and exploit animals for clothing, food (e.g. factory farming, live exports), scientific research, entertainment, sport and companionship
