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The case for animal rights, Tom Regan

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Includes bibliographical references (pages [401]-417) and index

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The case for animal rights

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Tom Regan

1. Animal awareness -- 1.1. Descartes's denial -- 1.2. How not to challenge Descartes -- 1.3. The principle of parsimony -- 1.4. La Mettrie's objection -- 1.5. The language test -- 1.6. Skepticism -- 1.7. Evolutionary theory and consciousness -- 1.8. Descartes's downfall -- 1.9. The cumulative argument for animal consciousness -- 1.10. Which animals are conscious? -- 1.11. Summary and conclusion -- 2. The complexity of animal awareness -- 2.1. The belief-desire theory -- 2.2. Language and belief -- 2.3. The content of belief -- 2.4. Three objections -- 2.5. The complexity of animal consciousness -- 2.6. Summary and conclusion -- 3. Animal welfare -- 3.1. The autonomy of animals -- 3.2. Interests -- 3.3. Benefits -- 3.4. Harms -- 3.5. Death -- 3.6. Paternalism and animals -- 3.7. Euthanasia and animals -- 3.8. Summary and conclusion -- 4. Ethical thinking and theory -- 4.1. Some ways not to answer moral questions -- 4.2. The ideal moral judgment -- 4.3. Criteria for evaluating moral principles -- 4.4. Consequentialist ethical theories -- 4.5. Nonconsequentialist ethical theories -- 4.6. Evaluating ethical theories -- 4.7. Summary and conclusion -- 5. Indirect duty views -- 5.1. Indirect and direct duty views -- 5.2. Moral agents and moral patients -- 5.3. Narveson's views : rational egoism -- 5.4. Rawls's position : contractarianism -- 5.5. Kant's position : humanity as end in itself -- 5.6. The moral arbitrariness of all indirect duty views -- 5.7. Summary and conclusion --6. Direct duty views -- 6.1. The cruelty-kindness view -- 6.2. Hedonistic utilitarianism -- 6.3. Preference utilitarianism -- 6.4. Singer's grounds for vegetarianism -- 6.5. Utilitarianism and speciesism -- 6.6. Summary and conclusion -- 7. Justice and equality -- 7.1. Utilitarian and perfectionist theories of justice -- 7.2. Individuals as equal in value -- 7.3. "All animals are equal" -- 7.4. Inherent value and reverence for life -- 7.5. Inherent value and the subject-of-a-life criterion -- 7.6. Justice : the principle of respect for individuals -- 7.7. Rule utilitarianism and justice -- 7.8. Defending the respect principle -- 7.9. The derivation of the harm principle -- 7.10. Summary and conclusion -- 8. The rights view -- 8.1. Moral and legal rights -- 8.2. Claims and valid claims -- 8.3. Acquired and unacquired duties -- 8.4. The respect principle and the right to respectful treatment -- 8.5. The rights of moral patients -- 8.6. A miscellany of objections -- 8.7. Overriding the right not to be harmed -- 8.8. The innocence of moral patients -- 8.9. Should the numbers count? -- 8.10. The miniride and worse-off principles -- 8.11. Why side-effects don't count -- 8.12. More objections answered -- 8.13. Unfinished business -- 8.14. Summary and conclusion -- 9. Implications of the rights view -- 9.1. Why vegetarianism is obligatory -- 9.2. Why hunting and trapping are wrong -- 9.3. How to worry about endangered species -- 9.4. Against the use of animals in science -- 9.5. Summary and conclusion