Animals & Ethics 101

Nathan Nobis. Animals & Ethics 101: Thinking Critically About Animal Rights. Open Philosophy Press, 2016. 

Buy the book on Amazon in paperback for $5.99 or Kindle for $2.99, or download the book for free. 

Available through www.AnimalEthics101.com. 

 

A book in process, based primarily on the "lectures" I developed for an online animals and ethics course. This will be an open access text, freely available electronically. Here's a draft of the back cover text:

Ethics & Animals 101 helps readers identify and evaluate the arguments for and against various uses of animals, such as:

Is it morally wrong to experiment on animals? Why or why not? 

Is it morally permissible to eat meat? Why or why not? 

Are we morally obligated to provide pets with veterinary care (and, if so, how much?)? Why or why not?

And other challenging issues and questions. 

Developed as a companion volume to an online Animals & Ethics course,  it is ideal for classroom use, discussion groups or self study.  The book presupposes no conclusions on these controversial moral questions about the treatment of animals, and argues for none either. Its goal is help the reader better engage the issues and arguments on all sides with greater clarity, understanding and argumentative rigor.