The Animal Rights Debate: Abolition or Regulation?

by Gary L. Francione and Robert Garner

Book Overview

Gary L. Francione is a law professor and leading philosopher of animal rights theory. Robert Garner is a political theorist specializing in the philosophy and politics of animal protection. Francione maintains that we have no moral justification for using nonhumans and argues that because animals are property--or economic commodities--laws or industry practices requiring "humane" treatment will, as a general matter, fail to provide any meaningful...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231149557
• ISBN13: 9780231149556
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 8.2"