The Case for Animal Rights

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University of California Press, 1983 - Nature - 425 pages
THE argument for animal rights, a classic since its appearance in 1983, from the moral philosophical point of view. With a new preface.

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The Case for Animal Rights
Tom Regan
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Tom Regan
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About the author (1983)

Tom Regan is Professor of Philosophy at North Carolina State University and is the author of, among other books, Animals and Christianity: A Book of Readings (with Andrew Linzey, 1988); Bloomsbury's Prophet: G.E. Moore and the Development of His Moral Philosophy (1986), The Struggle for Animal Rights, In Defense of Animal Rights, and Defending Animal Rights. He is co-founder, with his wife, Nancy, of the Culture and Animals Foundation.

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TitleThe Case for Animal Rights
AuthorTom Regan
Editionreprint
PublisherUniversity of California Press, 1983
ISBN0520054601, 9780520054608
Length425 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Nature / Animal Rights
Nature / Animals / General
Philosophy / Ethics & Moral Philosophy
Political Science / General
  
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