Bibliograph

The rights of animals, Debra A. Miller, book editor

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Label

The rights of animals, Debra A. Miller, book editor

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-200) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The rights of animals

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

192079778

Responsibility statement

Debra A. Miller, book editor

Series statement

Current controversies

Table Of Contents

Should animals have rights? Chapter overview : the animal rights debate / Joseph Lubinski ; Animals should have a right not to be exploited / Tom Regan ; Differences between animals and humans do not justify denying animals basic rights / Lesli Bisgould ; Whether a right or not, animals should be treated morally / Sam Vaknin ; Animals have rich emotional lives and consciousness / Ross Robertson ; God did not make animals the moral equivalent of humans / Randy Stiver ; Animals are not moral agents and so cannot have rights / Tibor R. Machan ; Giving animals rights is antihuman / Wesley J. Smith ; Animals need better care, not equal rights / Jon Katz -- Does the food industry mistreat animals? Factory farming ignores the suffering of animals / Peter Singer, interviewed by Oliver Broudy ; The animal agriculture industry cares about the welfare of animals / Charles W. Stenholm ; Factory farms mistreat animals and endanger human health / Kelly Overton ; Modern animal agriculture is necessary for low-cost food / Sarah Muirhead ; Caging chickens protects them from avian flu / Lynne Miller ; Free-range farms will not stop farm animals' suffering / Lee Hall ; A vegan lifestyle is necessary to stop the mistreatment of animals / Bruce Friedrich -- Is animal medical experimentation justified? Chapter overview : the animal experimentation debate / Simon Festing ; Human well-being requires the use of animals for medical research / Alex Epstein ; Animals should not be given rights at the expense of human needs / Edwin A. Locke ; Mistreatment of animals by researchers is rare / Tom Still ; The value of animal experimentation is exaggerated / Christopher Anderegg ... [et al.] ; Superior research methods make animal testing unjustified / Alistair Currie ; Using animals for medical testing may be wrong for scientific rather than ethical reasons / Arthur Allen -- Should it be allowed for animals to be used for entertainment? Sportfishing does not hurt fish / Dave Lear ; Is bear hunting necessary to protect both bears and humans? / Sara B. Miller ; Circus animals are well treated / James Randerson ; Traditional rodeos should be allowed to continue / Lorne Gunter ; Bullfighting should b banned / Caroline Lucas ; Sport hunting should be banned / Delaware Action for Animals ; Zoos are unnecessary and should be discontinued / Richard Fagerlund ; Rodeos are sanctioned animal abuse and should be stopped / Angela Timmons

Target audience

adolescent

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