In search of consistency : ethics and animals / by Lisa Kemmerer.

This volume introduces the most important ideas in animal ethics and builds on a critical dialogue emerging at the intersection of animal rights, environmental ethics, and religious studies. "In Search of Consistency" examines the work of influential scholars Tom Regan (animal rights), Pet...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Kemmerer, Lisa
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2006.
Series:Human-animal studies ; v. 3.
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Summary:This volume introduces the most important ideas in animal ethics and builds on a critical dialogue emerging at the intersection of animal rights, environmental ethics, and religious studies. "In Search of Consistency" examines the work of influential scholars Tom Regan (animal rights), Peter Singer (utilitarian ethics), Andrew Linzey (theologian), and Paul Taylor (environmental ethics), and explores ethics and animals across six world religions (Indigenous faiths, Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity, Judaism, and Islam). "In Search of Consistency" sheds light on 'the sanctity of life' by means of an intriguing moral theory, 'The Minimize Harm Maxim', rooted in the time-honoured moral ideals of impartiality and consistency. This volume questions what it means to be human and challenges our assumed place in the universe.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvi, 542 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 509-529) and index.
ISBN:9789047408406
9047408403
1281396818
9781281396815
9786611396817
6611396810
ISSN:1573-4226 ;
Language:English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.