Against Liberation

Michael P. T. Leahy

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Author
Michael P. T. Leahy
Publish Date
1993-12-06
Subtitle
Putting Animals in Perspective
Number of Pages
286
Publisher Name
Routledge
ISBN-10
0415103169
ISBN-13
9780415103169
citemno
269992
Book Type
Paperback
Edition
1
SKU
9780415103169

Description

The Western world is currently gripped by an obsessive concern for the rights of animals - their uses and abuses. In this book, Leahy argues that this is a movement based upon a series of fundamental misconceptions about the basic nature of animals.
This is a radical philosophical questioning of prevailing views on animal rights, which credit animals with a self-consciousness like ours. Leahy's conclusions have implications for issues such as bloodsports, meat eating and fur trading.