© Columbia University Press
Animal Rights and Moral Philosophy
Paper, 176 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-13423-1
$26.00
/ £18.00
December, 2004
Cloth, 176 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-13422-4
$75.00
/ £52.00
"Franklin's arguments are subtle, intricate...well worth the effort." — Mark Rowlands, Times Literary Supplement
"Franklin (emer. Columbia Univ.) has written a wonderful little book...Highly recommended." — Choice
"Franklin's arguments are interesting, detailed and original... a worthy addition to the animal rights literature." — Michael Allen Fox, Philosophy in Review
"It will be of greatest value to those of a Kantian bent who seek arguments to support animal rights." — Frank Schalow, Environmental Values
"Julian Franklin, a respected political philosopher, enters the animal rights debate with a thoroughly fascinating, engaging, and accessible essay that explores utilitarian and deontological theory and presents a theory of animal rights based on Franklin's reinterpretation of Kant. This intriguing book will most certainly provoke debate about basic issues concerning the moral status of nonhumans." — Gary L. Francione, Rutgers University School of Law
"Julian Franklin gives us a clear and fair-minded critique of what contemporary philosophers have to say about the moral rights of animals. At the core of his book is a carefully argued rereading of the key texts of Kant against Kant himself. A valuable contribution to a vital debate." — J. M. Coetzee, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature
"This slim but persuasive volume presents a masterful analysis of the philosophical underpinnings of animal rights, showing the inadequacy of accounts given by Peter Singer, Tom Regan, and other theorists. Franklin's theory, grounded in a modified Kantian approach, will now be essential reading on this subject." — Cynthia Grant Bowman, professor of law, Northwestern University School of Law
"A welcome addition to the expanding body of work on animal rights. Highly readable and insightful." — Tom Regan, author of Empty Cages: Facing the Challenge of Animal Rights