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The Status and Distribution of Freshwater Biodiversity in Southern Africa

By: Will Darwall,D. Tweddle,K. Smith,P. Skelton

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The Status and Distribution of Freshwater Biodiversity in Southern Africa

By: Will Darwall,D. Tweddle,K. Smith,P. Skelton

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2831711266

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9782831711263

Chimpanzee Rights

The Philosophers’ Brief

By: Kristin Andrews,Gary Comstock,Crozier G.K.D.,Sue Donaldson,Andrew Fenton,Tyler John,L. Syd M Johnson,Robert Jones,Will Kymlicka,Letitia Meynell,Nathan Nobis,David Pena-Guzman,Jeff Sebo

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Chimpanzee Rights

The Philosophers’ Brief

By: Kristin Andrews,Gary Comstock,Crozier G.K.D.,Sue Donaldson,Andrew Fenton,Tyler John,L. Syd M Johnson,Robert Jones,Will Kymlicka,Letitia Meynell,Nathan Nobis,David Pena-Guzman,Jeff Sebo

Since 2013, an organization called the Nonhuman Rights Project has brought before the New York State courts an unusual request—asking for habeas corpus hearings to determine whether Kiko and Tommy, two captive chimpanzees, should be considered legal persons with the fundamental right to bodily liberty. While the courts have agreed that chimpanzees share emotional, behavioural, and cognitive similarities with humans, they have denied that chimpanzees are persons on superficial and sometimes conflicting grounds. Consequently, Kiko and Tommy remain confined as legal "things" with no rights. The major moral and legal question remains unanswered: are chimpanzees mere "things", as the law currently sees them, or can they be "persons" possessing fundamental rights? In Chimpanzee Rights: The Philosophers’ Brief, a group of renowned philosophers considers these questions. Carefully and clearly, they examine the four lines of reasoning the courts have used to deny chimpanzee personhood: species, contract, community, and capacities. None of these, they argue, merits disqualifying chimpanzees from personhood. The authors conclude that when judges face the choice between seeing Kiko and Tommy as things and seeing them as persons—the only options under current law—they should conclude that Kiko and Tommy are persons who should therefore be protected from unlawful confinement "in keeping with the best philosophical standards of rational judgment and ethical standards of justice." Chimpanzee Rights: The Philosophers’ Brief—an extended version of the amicus brief submitted to the New York Court of Appeals in Kiko’s and Tommy’s cases—goes to the heart of fundamental issues concerning animal rights, personhood, and the question of human and nonhuman nature. It is essential reading for anyone interested in these issues.

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124

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Routledge

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0429865619

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9780429865619

Contemporary Political Philosophy

An Introduction

By: Will Kymlicka

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Contemporary Political Philosophy

An Introduction

By: Will Kymlicka

This new edition of Will Kymlicka's best selling critical introduction to contemporary political theory has been fully revised to include many of the most significant developments in Anglo-American political philosophy in the last 11 years, particularly the new debates over issues of democratic citizenship and cultural pluralism. The book now includes two new chapters on citizenship theory and multiculturalism, in addition to updated chapters on utilitarianism, liberal egalitarianism, libertarianism, socialism, communitarianism, and feminism. The many thinkers discussed include G. A. Cohen, Ronald Dworkin, William Galdston, Carol Gilligan, R. M. Hare, Chandran Kukathas, Catherine Mackinnon, David Miller, Philippe Van Parijs, Susan Okin, Robert Nozick, John Rawls, John Roemer, Michael Sandel, Charles Taylor, Michael Walzer, and Iris Young. Extended guides to further reading have been added at the end of each chapter, listing the most important books and articles on each school of thought, as well as relevant journals and websites. Covering some of the most advanced contemporary thinking, Will Kymlicka writes in an engaging, accessible, and non-technical way to ensure the book is suitable for students approaching these difficult concepts for the first time. This second edition promises to build on the original edition's success as a key text in the teaching of modern political theory.

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513

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Oxford : Oxford University Press

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0198782748

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9780198782742

The Will Rogers Scrapbook

By: Will Rogers

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The Will Rogers Scrapbook

By: Will Rogers

A nostalgic return to Will Roger's America. Plus 100 photographs and exclusive interviews with some of Rogers' famous friends ... Wild-West shows and vaudeville, Hollywood, the silent movies and "talkies" and ... politics"--Jacket.

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190

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0448123592

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9780448123592

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The Status and Distribution of Freshwater Biodiversity in Southern Africa

The Status and Distribution of Freshwater Biodiversity in Southern Africa

Chimpanzee Rights

Chimpanzee Rights

Contemporary Political Philosophy

Contemporary Political Philosophy

The Will Rogers Scrapbook

The Will Rogers Scrapbook

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