Against Liberation: Putting Animals in Perspective

The Western world is currently gripped by an obsessive concern for the rights of animals - their uses and abuses. In this book, Leahy argues that this is a movement based upon a series of fundamental misconceptions about the basic nature of animals.This is a radical philosophical questioning of prevailing views on animal rights, which credit animals with a self-consciousness like ours. Leahy's conclusions have implications for issues such as bloodsports, meat eating and fur trading.Leahy, Michael is the author of 'Against Liberation: Putting Animals in Perspective' with ISBN 9780415035842 and ISBN 0415035848.