Putting humans first : why we are nature's favorite /

Putting humans first : why we are nature's favorite /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Machan, Tibor R.
Imprint:	Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2004.
Description:	xvi, 135 p. ; 22 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Studies in social, political, and legal philosophy
Subject:	Human rights -- Philosophy. Human rights -- Moral and ethical aspects. Animal rights -- Moral and ethical aspects. Environmentalism -- Moral and ethical aspects. Animal rights -- Moral and ethical aspects. Human rights -- Moral and ethical aspects. Human rights -- Philosophy.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5157858

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ISBN:	074253345X (hardcover : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 119-129) and index.

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Summary:	Putting Humans First passionately argues for the primacy of human life in the natural world and the corresponding justice of humans making use of animals; it disputes the concept of "animal rights" and "animal liberation." It shows human beings to be very much a part of nature, though not, ordinarily, of the wilds. Given their nature, Machan argues that human beings not only can, but ought to use nature to serve their own needs.
Physical Description:	xvi, 135 p. ; 22 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 119-129) and index.
ISBN:	074253345X (hardcover : alk. paper)