Animals and world religions
Despite increasing public attention to animal suffering, human beings continue to exploit billions of animals in factory farms, medical laboratories, and elsewhere. This wide-ranging study shows how spiritual teachings in seven major religious traditions can help people consider their ethical obligations towards other creatures.
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- Full title :Animals and world religions / Lisa Kemmerer.
Summary
Despite increasing public attention to animal suffering, human beings continue to exploit billions of animals in factory farms, medical laboratories, and elsewhere. This wide-ranging study shows how spiritual teachings in seven major religious traditions can help people consider their ethical obligations towards other creatures.
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- Publication Date:©2012.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication:Oxford [U.K.]
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2012.
The Physical Object
- Description:xiii, 346 pages ; : 24 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780199790678, 0199790671, 9780199790685, 019979068X
- oclc:ocn776877396
- LC Classification:BL439
- Dewey Decimal:205.693
Table of Contents
Indigenous traditions -- Hindu traditions -- Buddhist traditions -- Chinese traditions -- Jewish traditions -- Christian traditions -- Islamic traditions -- Appendix : factory farming and fishing.
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