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This book provides an overview of the current debates about the nature and extent of our moral obligations to animals. Which, if any, uses of animals are morally wrong, which are morally permissible (i.e., not wrong) and why? What, if any, moral obligations<\/a> do we, individually and as a society (and a global community), have towards animals and why? How should animals be treated? Why? We will explore the most influential and most developed answers to these questions \u2013 given by philosophers<\/a>, scientists<\/a>, and animal advocates and their critics \u2013 to try to determine which positions are supported by the best moral reasons.<\/p>\n

Discussions of animal ethics are more fruitful when approached after an exposure to general thinking about ethics and methods of moral argument<\/a> analysis. Theories of animal ethics are typically extensions or modifications of theories developed for addressing more familiar (and often less controversial) questions about human-to-human ethics. Therefore, it is important to be familiar with these theories and methods. These online readings will introduce readers to the more influential moral theories and methods of moral argument analysis, and we will read the introductions to our texts on animal ethics.<\/p>\n

In this book we will attempt to reasonably answer moral or ethical questions concerning the treatment and use of animals. Some of these questions are general , e.g.:<\/p>\n