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Justice for Animals: Our Collective Responsibility

Justice for Animals: Our Collective Responsibility

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  • Create Date：2022-12-08 03:19:40
  • Update Date：2025-09-07
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  • Author：Martha C. Nussbaum
  • ISBN：1982102500
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Reviews

Dayton ，

I find much of her argument for the “capabilities approach” applied to nonhuman animals compelling and intriguing， and I am excited by some of the legal and political implications she lays out。 I disagreed with a few of the ways she applied her theory， sometimes quite strongly （eg she is too soft on animal research）， but overall a great and useful book。

Cozy Reviews ，

As a life long vegan and advocate for all animals I was dismayed to find out this author does not practice veganism and looks upon animals as property to be exploited。 I was disappointed in her heartless beliefs and found myself unable to finish the book。 Her beliefs about animals are not for the betterment of animals 。 Its distressing that during this time where we know the horiffic damages of factory farming to millions of animals that the author is not better educated in advocacy。 If your loo As a life long vegan and advocate for all animals I was dismayed to find out this author does not practice veganism and looks upon animals as property to be exploited。 I was disappointed in her heartless beliefs and found myself unable to finish the book。 Her beliefs about animals are not for the betterment of animals 。 Its distressing that during this time where we know the horiffic damages of factory farming to millions of animals that the author is not better educated in advocacy。 If your looking for a book that is in line with your beliefs of animal advocacy this is not the author for you。 。。。more

J Earl ，

Justice for Animals by Martha Nussbaum is a very accessible presentation of her capabilities approach applied to animal rights。 Both informative and thought-provoking， this moves the debate onto new and wider ground。If you're familiar with her approach as it applies to humans， you will have a better appreciation for the application to nonhuman animals。 Some， who admittedly have never read Nussbaum， make the unsubstantiated claim that she somehow doesn't argue for some kind of universal healthcar Justice for Animals by Martha Nussbaum is a very accessible presentation of her capabilities approach applied to animal rights。 Both informative and thought-provoking， this moves the debate onto new and wider ground。If you're familiar with her approach as it applies to humans， you will have a better appreciation for the application to nonhuman animals。 Some， who admittedly have never read Nussbaum， make the unsubstantiated claim that she somehow doesn't argue for some kind of universal healthcare。 Ignore those people， they are what are often called posers。 Ignorant yet insistent on trying to look oh so ethical。 Fail！While this is a detailed and relatively thorough presentation of her approach， and refutations of other theories， this is still a work in progress。 What it does is move us toward an appreciation of animals without ranking them in some way （more or less human-like for instance）。 There are a couple things I appreciate in the abstract but wonder how they could be implemented。 Even with a focus on law and justice， many of the issues still heavily involve the changing of people's mindsets toward animals， and what they might be willing change in their own lives。Which brings us to another ignorant position people take。 Not ignorant in the ultimate goal they profess to desire but in their fantasy that any major change in society can and must be done at once and immediately。 The people I am talking about are the extremists among the vegans。 Like one review I read， Nussbaum is taken to task for making changes in her diet but not yet being vegan。 This person， while perhaps correct in finding some factual counterpoints to Nussbaum doesn't lament how long it is taking for society to change but rather that because Nussbaum isn't already a perfect vegan all of her ideas should be discarded。 Again， posing and faux-righteousness， you know， like posing with your back to the camera to demonstrate you have no creativity whatsoever。I would highly recommend this to readers who want a framework within which to make change， both ethical and， specifically， legal。 You don't have to be familiar with Nussbaum to get a lot from this book。 If you're not familiar with her， just try to be an active engaged reader and not make asinine assumptions about her beliefs just because your reading comprehension skills are lacking。 This is not a perfect work， but it is designed to move the debate forward， not to be a snap-in-place corrective to everything。 Reviewed from a copy made available by the publisher via NetGalley。 。。。more