Natural Relations: Ecology, Animal Rights and Social Justice
By Ted Benton.
Description
In this challenging book, Ted Benton takes recent debates about the moral status of animals as a basis for reviewing the discourse of “human rights.” Liberal-individualist views of human rights and advocates of animal rights tend to think of individuals, whether human or animals, in isolation from their social position. This makes them vulnerable to criticisms from the left which emphasize the importance of social relationships to individual well-being.Benton’s argument supports the important assumption, underpinning the cause for human rights, that humans and other specie...
ISBN(s)
0860915905, 9780860915904
