The moral menagerie : philosophy and animal rights / Marc R. Fellenz.

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2007], ©2007.

301 pages ; 24 cm

Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- pt. 1. Foundations of the recent debate -- 1. Why care about animals? -- 2. Broader philosophical considerations -- pt. 2. Survey of extensionist arguments -- 3. Utilitarian arguments : the value of animal experience -- 4. Deontological arguments : do animals have natural rights? -- 5. Aristotelian arguments : animal telos and human aretē -- 6. Contractarian arguments : animals outside the state of nature -- pt. 3. The animal or the good? -- 7. Extensionism and its limits -- 8. The call and the circle : the animal in postmodern thought -- 9. Ecophilosophy : deep ecology and ecofeminism -- pt. 4. The human animals in the menagerie -- 10. Sacrifice and self-overcoming -- 11. The child, the hunter, and the artist -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Includes bibliographical references(p. 285-289) and index.