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1、Ethics,HumansandOtherAnimalsEthics,HumansandOtherAnimals:AnIntroductionwithReadingsisanintroductorytextbookontheethicsofourtreatmentofanimals.Itrequiresnopriorknowl-edgeofphilosophyandisideallysuitedtothosecomingtophilosophyandethicalproblemsforthefi
2、rsttime.RosalindHursthousecarefullyintroducesthethreestandardapproachesincurrentethicaltheory,utilitarianism,rights,andvirtueethics,clearlyexplaininghoweachapproachseekstoanswerquestionsaboutourtreatmentofanimals.Chaptersarelinkedtoreadingsillustrati
3、veofeachapproach,andstudentsareencouragedtothinkcriticallyaboutthewritingsofsuchauthorsasPeterSinger,TomReganandMaryMidgleyforthemselves.Bytheendofthebookstudentswillbeableto:understandandevaluateforthemselvesargumentsaboutourtreatmentofanimalsconf
4、identlyandcriticallydiscussethicaltheoriesandrelatethemtopracticalexamplesappraisethewritingsofkeythinkerswhohaveinfluencedthinkingaboutourtreatmentofanimalsKeyfeaturesofthebookalsoincludeclearactivitiesandexercisessothatstudentscanmonitortheirprogr
5、essthroughthebook,chaptersummariesandguidestofurtherreading.Ethics,HumansandOtherAnimalsisasuperbintroductiontoclearthinkingaboutourtreatmentofanimals.Itwillbeofinteresttostudentsofphilosophyandappliedethics,socialpolicy,andCriticalThinking.RosalindH
6、ursthouseisSeniorLecturerinPhilosophyattheOpenUniversity.SheistheauthorofOnVirtueEthicsandeditorofVirtuesandReasons.Ethics,HumansandOtherAnimalsAnintroductionwithreadingsRosalindHursthouseFirstpublished2000byRoutledge2ParkSquare,MiltonPark,Abingdon,O
7、xon,OX144RNSimultaneouslypublishedintheUSAandCanadabyRoutledge711ThirdAve,NewYork,NY10017(8thFloor)RoutledgeisanimprintoftheTaylor&FrancisGroup,aninformabusiness©2000TheOpenUniversityThisupdatedandrevisedversionisbasedonacoursebookpreviouslypublished
8、bytheOpenUniversity.TypesetinPerpetuaandGrotesqueMonotypebyTaylor&FrancisBooksLtdAllrightsreserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybereprintedorreproducedorutilisedinanyformorbyanyelectronic,mechanical,orothermeans,nowknownorhereafterinvented,includingphotocopyin
