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Think Now : Beyond Animal Rights: Food, Pets and Ethics.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Milligan, Tony
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2010.
Colección:Think Now Ser.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: The Depth of Meat-Eating; Arguments and background pictures; Meat-eating and well-being; Eating well and living well; Chapter 2: An Unwritten Contract?; Reciprocation; The interests of farmed animals; The opportunity of life argument; Which animals benefit and when?; Chapter 3: Vegetarianism and Puritanism; Food without history; Are animal products bad for us?; Vegetarianism without puritanism; What can vegetarians reasonably hope for?; Chapter 4: Diet and Sustainability; Does local trump vegetarian?; Why meat production tends to be energy hungry.
  • Eco-friendly dietsChapter 5: The Impossible Scenario; Universal vegetarianism; Does meat-eating make vegetarianism practical?; The ecological problems of universal vegetarianism; Available defences for universal vegetarianism; Universal veganism; Chapter 6: Love for Pets; Animals and the human community; Sharing our lives; Pets and non-pets; Love for pets; Chapter 7: Experimentation in Context; Can meat-eaters oppose experimentation?; What experimentation assumes; The argument from marginal cases; The importance of concern for humans; Cruelty and moral authority; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A.
  • BC; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W.