Animal Rights: A Reference Handbook (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781598841916)

This revised edition helps readers understand and develop their own opinions on the fundamental issues, enduring controversies, and critical developments associated with animal rights.

First published in 1994, Animal Rights: A Reference Handbook was widely acclaimed for its objective look at the ways in which humans treat animals. Extensively revised and updated, this new edition explores the basis for current perspectives on animal rights by addressing the relationship between humans and animals from scientific, philosophical, legal, and religious points of view.

Animal Rights: A Reference Handbook, Second Edition maintains the balance and accessibility of the first edition, letting readers decide the bounds of human responsibility toward animals. It surveys a wide range of controversies surrounding the use of animals in such fields as the food industry, medical research, and the realm of entertainment, as well as the tremendous surge in scientific discoveries and technological advances that have led to new conversations on animal rights in the 21st century.

Author: Clifford Sherry
ISBN-10: 1598841912
ISBN-13: 9781598841916
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
Language: English
Published: 10/27/2009
Pages: 324
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.10d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2010 pg. 157