Animalkind What We Owe to Animals [Paperback]

• A thought-provoking foray into our complex and contradictory relationship with animals
• Advocates that we owe each animal due respect
• Offers readers a sensible alternative to extremism by speaking of respect and compassion for animals, not rights
• Balances philosophical analysis with intriguing facts and engaging tales

Part I: Before.

1. The Myth of Consent

2. The Order of Things.  

Part II: The Nature of the Beast.

3. Animal Consciousness.

4. Dumb Brutes?  

Part III: All Due Respect.

5. The Lives of Animals.

6. Caveman Ethics.  

Part IV: Moral Disorders.

7. Going, Going, Wrong.

8. Science and Survival.  

Part V: Next.

9. Vanishing Animals.

10. The Endless Story.

Annotated Sources.

Acknowledgments.

Index.

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