Integrationism and the Self: Reflections on the Legal Personhood of Animals

by Christopher Hutton and Christopher M. Hutton

Book Overview

In recent years a set of challenging questions have arisen in relation to the status of animals; their treatment by human beings; their cognitive abilities; and the nature of their feelings, emotions, and capacity for suffering. This ground-breaking book draws from integrational semiology to investigate arguments around the rights of certain animals to be recognized as legal persons, thereby granting them many of the protections enjoyed by humans...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032093099
• ISBN13: 9781032093093
• Release Date: June 2021
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 190 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.1"