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Against Liberation

Putting Animals in Perspective

Michael P. T. Leahy

Against Liberation

Against Liberation

Putting Animals in Perspective

Against Liberation

 

A radical questioning of what the author sees as the dangerously anthropomorphic views of Singer or Regan. Using philosophical theories such as Wittgenstein's views on language, Leahy shows that we are wrong to credit animals with consciousness.

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Beschrijving Against Liberation

A radical questioning of what the author sees as the dangerously anthropomorphic views of Singer or Regan. Using philosophical theories such as Wittgenstein's views on language, Leahy shows that we are wrong to credit animals with consciousness.

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