Do animals have moral rights? If so, what does this mean? What sorts of mental lives do animals have, and how should we understand welfare? By presenting models for understanding animals' moral status and rights, and examining their mental lives and welfare, David DeGrazia explores the implications [...]

This book distinguishes itself from much of the polemical literature on these issues by offering the most judicious and well-balanced account yet available of animals? moral standing, and related questions concerning their minds and welfare. Transcending jejune debates focused on utilitarianism vers[...]