Zoopolis : a Political Theory of Animal Rights.
Zoopolis offers a new agenda for the theory and practice of animal rights. Most animal rights theory focuses on the intrinsic capacities or interests of animals, and the moral status and moral rights that these intrinsic characteristics give rise to. Zoopolis shifts the debate from the realm of mora...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
OUP Oxford,
2011.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Zoopolis offers a new agenda for the theory and practice of animal rights. Most animal rights theory focuses on the intrinsic capacities or interests of animals, and the moral status and moral rights that these intrinsic characteristics give rise to. Zoopolis shifts the debate from the realm of moral theory and applied ethics to the realm of political theory, focusing on the relational obligations that arise from the varied ways that animals relate to human societies and institutions. Building on recent developments in the political theory of group-differentiated citizenship, Zoopolis introduc. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (480 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-316) and index. |
ISBN: | 9780191620553 0191620556 9780191618987 0191618985 0199599661 9780199599660 |