A Defense of Animal Rights

Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 473-491

  Doǧan, Aysel ^a  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Animals; Capabilities; Feinberg; Nussbaum; Regan; Rights; Utilitarianism

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 80052725377     PISSN: 11877863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10806-010-9273-3     Document Type: Article

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