Animals as persons : essays on the abolition of animal exploitation / Gary L. Francione.

New York : Columbia University Press, [2008], ©2008.

xv, 235 pages ; 24 cm

The abolition of animal use versus the regulation of animal treatment -- Animals : property or persons? -- Reflections on animals, property, and the law and rain without thunder -- Taking sentience seriously -- Equal consideration and the interest of nonhuman animals in continued existence : a response to Professor Sunstein -- The use of nonhuman animals in biomedical research : necessity and justification -- Ecofeminism and animal rights : a review of beyond animal rights : a feminist -- Caring ethic for the treatment of animals -- Comparable harm and equal inherent value : the problem of the dog in the lifeboat.

Includes bibliographical references and index.