The Moral Complexities of Eating Meat

3.97 ( 117 Ratings by Goodreads)
The Moral Complexities of Eating Meat

The Moral Complexities of Eating Meat

(Author) (Author)
3.97 (117 Ratings by Goodreads)
hardback
Published: 26 November, 2015
Standard worldwide delivery by Tue, August 4 - Fri, August 7
Order within 0
Condition: NEW
$75.51
RRP $80.34
You save $4.83 (6%)
Price includes shipping
Available 20+ in stock
- +
FREE Returns within 30 days

Description

This volume collects twelve new essays by leading moral philosophers on a vitally important topic: the ethics of eating meat. Some of the key questions examined include: Are animals harmed or benefited by our practice of raising and killing them for food? Do the realities of the marketplace entail that we have no power as individuals to improve the lives of any animals by becoming vegetarian, and if so, have we any reason to stop eating meat? Suppose it is morally wrong to eat meat--should we be blamed for doing so? If we should be vegetarians, what sort should we be?
See more

More Details

Type Book
ISBN13 9780199353903
ISBN10 0199353905
Number Of Pages 228
Item Weight 499 g
Product Dimensions 157 x 236 x 23 mm
Publisher / Reseller Oxford University Press Inc
Format hardback
See More +

Media Reviews

The Moral Complexities of Eating Meat is a valuable addition to the literature and a very good book. It contains twelve new essays and a short introduction from the editors...There are sharp, riveting asides about anti-natalism, bug-eating, comparative accounts of harm, duties to pets and prey animals, and so on...These are gripping, pressing issues. It is wonderful that there is a state-of-the-art collection that touches on them. Anyone interested in the topic should read it cover-to-cover. * Tyler Doggett, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews Online *

Show more

Author's Bio

Ben Bramble received his PhD in philosophy from the University of Sydney in 2014. He is a postdoctoral fellow in philosophy at Lund University, Sweden. His main research interests are in moral and political philosophy. Bob Fischer earned his PhD in philosophy from the University of Illinois at Chicago; he is now an assistant professor of philosophy at Texas State University. He works on issues in animal ethics, modal epistemology, moral psychology, and philosophical methodology.

Show more