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How we treat animals arouses strong emotions. Many people are repulsed by photographs of cruelty to animals and respond passionately to how we make animals suffer for food, commerce, and sport. But is this, as some argue, a purely emotional issue? Are there really no rational grounds for opposing our current treatment of animals? This book argues that when analyzed impartially the rational case for extending moral solicitude to all sentient beings is much stronger than many suppose. Indeed, the book shows that many of the justifications for inflicting animal suffering in fact provide grounds for protecting them. Because animals, the argument goes, lack reason or souls or language, harming them is not an offence. The book suggests that just the opposite is true, that the inability of animals to give or withhold consent, their inability to represent their interests, their moral innocence, and their relative defenselessness all compel us not to harm them. The book further shows that the arguments in favor of three controversial practices—hunting with dogs, fur farming, and commercial sealing—cannot withstand rational critique. The book considers the economic, legal, and political issu

Who reads Why Animals Suffering Matters : Philosophy, Theology, and Practical Ethics?

Author

Andrew Linzey

Publisher

IRL Press at Oxford University Press

Published

2009

Language

EN

ISBN

9780199351848

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Religion, Philosophy, Social Science

Rating

4.57 / 5 (30 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14