The Case for Animal Rights [Paperback]

More than twenty years after its original publication,The Case for Animal Rightsis an acknowledged classic of moral philosophy, and its author is recognized as the intellectual leader of the animal rights movement. In a new and fully considered preface, Regan responds to his critics and defends the book's revolutionary position.

Tom Reganis Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at North Carolina State University and is the author (with Carl Cohen) ofThe Animal Rights Debate(2001) and Empty Cages: Facing the Challenge of Animal Rights (2004).

Aristotle, Aquinas, Descartes, Kant, Bentham, Mill: all thought seriously about the role of animals in our lives. But not until Tom Regan publishedThe Case for Animal Rightsdid the world possess a theory of the rights of animals. When philosophy students come to this issue hundreds of years from now, they will read the greats in light of the arguments presented here. Gary L. Comstock, editor ofLife Science Ethics

Tom Regan's now classicCase For Animal Rightsblends careful argument with intense moral concern. For two decades, where Regan has been taken seriously, animals have been better off and people have become better persons. This new edition is a welcome sign of this influence continuing. Holmes Rolston, III, University Distinguished Professor, Colorado State University

A bold and nuanced analysis of the inherent value and moral standing of nonhuman animals. It may also be the most consistent and unyielding defense of animal rights. Tom L. Beauchamp, Georgetown University

The most powerful and plausible consideration of the issues and defense of animal rights yet to be produced (or likely to be). Richard Wasserstrom

By far the best work on the subject, and will continue to be the definitive work for years to come . . . .[It is] destined to become a 'modern classic' in the field of ethics, alongside RawlssA Tl³'