Placing language at the center of philosophical analysis, and focusing on public concern for animals, this work shifts the debate about animal welfare and rights to the vocabulary people use to express their concern for the suffering and lives of animals.
A concise summary of how the law regulates human uses and interactions with animals, cutting across numerous substantive areas of law and providing an analysis of the consideration and protection of animals’ interests within these legal regimes.
A political scientist examines the structure of animal protection legislation with an eye toward how the law treats different types of animals, particularly the tendency to favor those animals who are closest to humans, and considers whether these inequities violate fundamental principles of justice.
A collection of writings from diverse academics from across the world, including pieces dealing with multiculturalism; group rights and the limits of tolerance; ethnocentrism and animals; racism and discrimination; and non-Western alternatives to animal rights and welfare.