Rattling the cage : toward legal rights for animals / Steven M. Wise; foreword by Jane Goodall.

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Cambridge, Mass. : Perseus Publishers, 2000.

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22976

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Animal rights.

Animal welfare -- Law and legislation.

Animal welfare -- Moral and ethical aspects.

Contents:

1. The problem with being a thing

2. Trapped in a universe that no longer exists

3. The legal thinghood of nonhuman animals

4. Border crossings

5. What are legal rights?

6. Liberty and equality

7. The common law

8. Consciousness, taxonomy, and minds

9. Seasons of the mind

10. Chimpanzee and Bonobo minds

11. Bending toward justice

12. Epilogue : other cages, other peaks.

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Includes index.

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0738204374

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xvi, 362 p.