Animals and Their Moral Standing

<p>Twenty years ago people thought only cranks or sentimentalists could be seriously concerned about the treatment of non-human animals. However since then philosophers scientists and welfarists have raised public awareness of the issue; and they have begun to lay the foundations for an enormous change in human practice. This book is a record of the development of 'animal rights' through the eyes of one highly-respected and well-known thinker.<br> This book brings together for the first time Stephen R.L. Clark's major essays in one volume. Written with characteristic clarity and persuasion <em>Animals and Their Moral Standing</em> will be essential reading for both philosophers and scientists as well as the general reader concerned by the debates over animal rights and treatment.</p>