Will Kymlicka

Sue Donaldson

For many people "animal rights" suggests campaigns against factory farms, vivisection or other aspects of our woeful treatment of animals. Zoopolis moves beyond this familiar terrain, focusing not on what we must stop doing to animals, but on how we can establish positive and just relationships with different types of animals.

A Political Theory of Animal Rights

Zoopolis

Zoópolis, una revolución animalista

If you need a reason to become a vegan, Sue Donaldson outlines the ethical, environmental, and health reasons why a meat and animal product-free lifestyle is not only attainable but necessary. This book is packed with information and resources for eating and living animal free, including advice for making the transition and dealing with questions from family and friends, a glossary of ingredients, and a list of websites, books and articles for further reading. There are over 80 recipes for vegan appetizers, soups, main courses and desserts, plus breakfast and lunch ideas. Even unrepentant carnivores might be tempted by vegan recipes for Baked Red Peppers with Garlic and Capers, Spicy Chickpea Curry, and Risotto with Lemon and Tarragon.

Vegan Cooking Made Simple

Foods That Don't Bite Back

Nathan Nobis

Kristin Andrews

Crozier G.K.D.

Jeff Sebo

Robert C Jones

David Pena-Guzman

Tyler M John

Letitia Meynell

Andrew Fenton

L. Syd M Johnson

Gary L Comstock

Since 2013, an organization called the Nonhuman Rights Project has brought before the New York State courts an unusual request—asking for habeas corpus hearings to determine whether Kiko and Tommy, two captive chimpanzees, should be considered legal persons with the fundamental right to bodily liberty. While the courts have agreed that chimpanzees share emotional, behavioural, and cognitive similarities with humans, they have denied that chimpanzees are persons on superficial and sometimes conflicting grounds. Consequently, Kiko and Tommy remain confined as legal "things" with no rights. The major moral and legal question remains unanswered: are chimpanzees mere "things", as the law currently sees them, or can they be "persons" possessing fundamental rights? In Chimpanzee Rights: The Philosophers’ Brief, a group of renowned philosophers considers these questions. Carefully and clearly, they examine the four lines of reasoning the courts have used to deny chimpanzee personhood: species, contract, community, and capacities. None of these, they argue, merits disqualifying chimpanzees from personhood. The authors conclude that when judges face the choice between seeing Kiko and Tommy as things and seeing them as persons—the only options under current law—they should conclude that Kiko and Tommy are persons who should therefore be protected from unlawful confinement "in keeping with the best philosophical standards of rational judgment and ethical standards of justice." Chimpanzee Rights: The Philosophers’ Brief—an extended version of the amicus brief submitted to the New York Court of Appeals in Kiko’s and Tommy’s cases—goes to the heart of fundamental issues concerning animal rights, personhood, and the question of human and nonhuman nature. It is essential reading for anyone interested in these issues.

The Philosophers’ Brief

Chimpanzee Rights

Sue Donaldson

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