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Babies and Beasts: THE ARGUMENT FROM MARGINAL CASES Paperback – July 1, 1997
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Both its defenders and detractors
have described the argument from marginal cases as the most important
to date in defense of animal rights. Hotly debated among philosophers
for some twenty years, the argument concludes that no morally relevant
characteristic distinguishes human beings–including infants, the
severely retarded, the comatose, and other "marginal cases"--from
any other animals.
Babies and Beasts presents
the first book-length exploration of the broad range of views relating
to the argument from marginal cases and sorts out and evaluates its various
uses and abuses.
Daniel Dombrowski analyzes
the views of many who are prominent in the debate--
Peter Singer, Thomas Regan, H. J. McCloskey, Jan Narveson, John Rawls,
R. G. Frey, Peter Carruthers, Michael Leahy, Robert Nozick, and James
Rachels are included--in a volume that will be essential to philosophers,
animal rights activists, those who work in clinical settings, and others
who must sometimes deal with "marginal cases."
- Print length232 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherUniversity of Illinois Press
- Publication dateJuly 1, 1997
- Dimensions6 x 0.7 x 9 inches
- ISBN-100252066383
- ISBN-13978-0252066382
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- Publisher : University of Illinois Press (July 1, 1997)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 232 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0252066383
- ISBN-13 : 978-0252066382
- Item Weight : 12.6 ounces
- Dimensions : 6 x 0.7 x 9 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #4,437,616 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #15,939 in Philosophy of Ethics & Morality
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The thing is that argument from marginal cases is an extremely tight argument, so there's really not much to be said about it. Dombrowski finds it persuasive, and discusses many different philosophers who do not, but all their replies to the argument are pretty similar and rather ad hoc. There aren't many ways to find fault in the argument, and every attempt has significant unpalatable costs. The result of this discussion is a powerful, if redundant, case for animal rights.






