Animals and Why They Matter

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.

Author: Mary Midgley
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Published: 09/01/1998
Pages: 160
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.52lbs
Size: 8.58h x 5.57w x 0.44d
ISBN13: 9780820320410
ISBN10: 0820320412
BISAC Categories:
- Nature | Animal Rights
- Nature | Animals | General
- Philosophy | Ethics & Moral Philosophy

About the Author
Mary Midgley is the author of "Beast and Man" and "Heart and Mind." She lives in Newcastle on Tyne, England.