Rain Without Thunder: The Ideology of the Animal Rights Movement
by Gary Francione
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Are "animal welfare" supporters indistinguishable from the animal exploiters they oppose? Do reformist measures reaffirm the underlying principles that make animal exploitation possible in the first place? In this provocative book, Gary L. Francione argues that the modern animal rights movement has become indistinguishable from a century-old concern with the welfare of animals that in no way prevents them from being exploited.Tags
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Dr. Francione's philosophical framework ("ideology") is compelling, clear, consistent. He provides a very solid casing in which to arrange one's thinking about animal ethics. His writing is severely redundant, though perhaps because the evidence he marshals to demonstrate the attitudes of the "new welfarists" are so repetitive (not due to any fault of his own).
A brilliant analysis of the politics of what are now multiple animal protection movements. Written 15+ years ago, but has only become even more relevant ever since.
A must-read for animal advocates of any stripe.
A must-read for animal advocates of any stripe.
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Gary L. Francione is Board of Governors Distinguished Professor of Law at Rutgers University and visiting professor of philosophy at the University of Lincoln (UK). He is the author of many books, including Animals as Persons: Essays on the Abolition of Animal Exploitation (Columbia, 2008).
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- Nonfiction, Philosophy, General Nonfiction, Science & Nature
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- 179.3 — Philosophy and Psychology Ethics Other ethical norms Treatment of animals
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- HV4764 .F73 — Social sciences Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Protection, assistance and relief Protection of animals. Animal rights. Animal
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