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The moral menagerie : philosophy and animal rights / Marc R. Fellenz.

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author:	Fellenz, Marc R., 1963-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2007]
Subjects:	Animal rights > Philosophy. Human-animal relationships > Philosophy.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Why care about animals?
Broader philosophical considerations
Utilitarian arguments : the value of animal experience
Deontological arguments : do animals have natural rights?
Aristotelian arguments : animal telos and human aretē
Contractarian arguments : animals outside the state of nature
Extensionism and its limits
The call and the circle : the animal in postmodern thought
Ecophilosophy : deep ecology and ecofeminism
Sacrifice and self-overcoming
The child, the hunter, and the artist.