| Description |
xi, 256 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. Ethics, argument, and practice -- 2. Moral and non-moral vegetarianism -- 3. Two types of moral vegetarianism -- 4. The three arguments from animal welfare -- 5. Two conceptions of the status of vegetarianism -- 6. Positive and negative vegetarianism -- 7. The appeal to moral rights -- 8. Rights, their grounds, and the problem of argument -- 9. Tights, their nature, and the problem of strength -- 10. Rights, consequentialism, and act-utiltarianism -- 11. The appeal to the wrongness of killing -- 12. The value of life -- 13. Killing and the doctrine of double effect -- 14. Value in nature : on the alleged possibility of an environmental ethic -- 15. Killing, replaceability, and the amelioration argument -- 16. Pain, amelioration, and a choice of tactics --17. Alleged reasons for the choice of vegetartianism -- 18. Sincerity and consistency -- 19. Needless suffering |
| Analysis |
Animal welfare - Religious aspects - Christianity |
|
Meat Consumption by man Ethical aspects |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Animal rights.
|
|
Animal welfare -- Moral and ethical aspects.
|
|
Vegetarianism -- Moral and ethical aspects.
|
|
Vegetarianism.
|
| LC no. |
bnb63112684 |
| ISBN |
0631126848 |
|
