Francione, Gary L.

Rain without thunder the ideology of the animal rights movement Gary L. Francione. - Philadelphia, Pa. Temple University Press 1996. - xii, 269 p. 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : Animal rights and animal welfare -- 1. Animal rights: the rejection of instrumentalism -- 2. The new welfarists -- 3. The philosophical and historical origins of new welfarism -- 4. The results of new welfarism: the "animal confusion" movement -- 5. The empirical and structural defects of animal welfare theory -- 6. Is animal rights a "utopian" theory? -- Rights theory: an incremental approach -- Conclusion.

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Animal rights movement--United States.
Animal welfare--Philosophy.--United States

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