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* How should political communities govern their relations with animals? * Are animals owed justice? * What might justice for animals involve? Alasdair Cochrane introduces the most prominent schools in contemporary political theory - utilitarianism, liberalism, communitarianism, Marxism and feminism - and examines their implications for issues such as meat-eating, intensive agriculture, animal experimentation, religious slaughter and hunting. An Introduction to Animals and Political Theory explores the debates and discusses controversies over what makes an entity worthy of justice: is it rationality, the ability to contribute to society, sentience, or something else? It also introduces and engages with debates about what our political obligations to animals might entail: is it simply not to cause them unnecessary suffering, or do we have much more demanding obligations not to kill, own, or even use non-human animals?

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Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Society & culture: general Social issues & processes

• Full title: Introduction to Animals and Political Theory
• Author: Alasdair Cochrane
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 167
• EAN: 9780230239265
• ISBN: 0230239269
• ID: 04040134
• Publisher: PALGRAVE MACMILLAN
• Weight: 226 g
• Dimensions: 216 × 139 × 11 mm
• Date of publishing: 20. October 2010

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