Animal EthicsISBN: 978-0-7456-3078-6
Hardcover
224 pages
August 2005, Polity
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Garner starts by asking whether animals have any moral standing
before moving on to assess exactly what degree of moral status
ought to be accorded to them. It is suggested that whilst animals
should not be granted the same moral status as humans, they are
worthy of greater moral consideration than the orthodox animal
welfare position allows. As a result, it is suggested that many of
the ways we currently treat animals are morally illegitimate.
In the final chapter, the issue of political praxis is tackled.
How are reforms to the ways in which animals are treated to be
achieved? This book suggests that currently dominant debates about
insider status and direct action are less important than the
question of agency. That is, the important question is not what is
done to change the way animals are treated as much as whom is to be
mobilised to join the cause.
Students of philosophy, politics and environmental issues will find this an essential textbook.