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Summary: The Consumate Review of the Animal Rights Issues/Arguments
Review: It's fairly rare to find books that can take you from little to no knowledge in a given area of debate, and then put you in a position to jump in to it right away; this book does that. It's the kind of book that is accessible enough and certainly thorough enough to serve as a defining text for the issue. Also, it's just recently been updated, actually.
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Summary: a great overview of ethics and animals issues
Review: This book provides an excellent overview of, as the title says, what philosophers--both past and present--have said about the moral status of animals. It provides an encompassing overview of the literature. A new edition will be eventually be out that covers recent developments in this important and growing field of study. For someone new to the philosophical debates or those who have been part of them for quite some time, but never bothered to carefully understand what philosophers say about the issues (e.g., most obviously, various biologists and medical persons [unnamed here!] who attempt to criticize various animal rights and animal liberation views but fail since they don't accurately present the views and the arguments in the first place], this book is a great start. People should first read this book and then find and carefully read and analyze the sources that Taylor discusses. This would make an excellent central text in a course dealing with ethics and animals. It is also clear and well written and highly accessible: friends and foes of animal rights will benefit greatly from studying this book.
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Summary: a great overview of ethics and animals issues
Review: This book provides an excellent overview of, as the title says, what philosophers--both past and present--have said about the moral status of animals. It provides an encompassing overview of the literature. A new edition will be eventually be out that covers recent developments in this important and growing field of study. For someone new to the philosophical debates or those who have been part of them for quite some time, but never bothered to carefully understand what philosophers say about the issues (e.g., most obviously, various biologists and medical persons [unnamed here!] who attempt to criticize various animal rights and animal liberation views but fail since they don't accurately present the views and the arguments in the first place], this book is a great start. People should first read this book and then find and carefully read and analyze the sources that Taylor discusses. This would make an excellent central text in a course dealing with ethics and animals. It is also clear and well written and highly accessible: friends and foes of animal rights will benefit greatly from studying this book.
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