Empty Cages : Facing the Challenge of Animal Rights.

Title Page
 Copyright Page
 Dedication
 Epigraph
 Table of Contents
 FOREWORD
 PROLOGUE: THE CAT
 I --
NORMAN ROCKWELL AMERICANS
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WHO ARE YOU ANIMAL RIGHTS ADVOCATES ANYWAY?
 UNTRUTH IN LABELING
 THE MEDIA
 SPECIAL INTEREST POLITICS
 ALL ABOARD!
 "THEY WOULD NEVER DO THAT, WOULD THEY?"
 IT ONLY GETS WORSE
 NORMAN ROCKWELL AMERICANS
 2 --
HOW DID YOU GET THAT WAY?
 ANIMAL CONSCIOUSNESS: THE DAVINCIANS
 A CHANGE IN PERCEPTION
 ANIMAL CONSCIOUSNESS: THE DAMASCANS
 ANIMAL CONSCIOUSNESS: THE MUDDLERS
 A MUDDLER'S LIFE
 FIRST STEPS
 "THERE'S A MOVEMENT OUT THERE ... SORT OF." An expanding animal consciousnessgoing backward before moving forward
 ii --
moral rights: what they are and why they matter
 3 --
human rights
 the tuskegee syphilis study
 moral protection: no trespassing
 moral status: equality
 moral weight: trump
 moral claims: justice
 moral wrongs: assistance
 moral unity: respect
 looking back, looking ahead
 explaining human rights
 unsatisfactory answers
 and the answer is?
 4 --
animal rights
 common sense
 common language
 common behavior
 common bodies
 common systems
 common origins
 are any animals subjects-of-a-life? Breaking the species barrier: mammal rightsline drawing
 empty cages
 objections to animal rights
 looking forward, looking back
 iii --
saying and doing
 5 --
what we learn from alice
 humpty dumpty's arrogance
 "sadistic nazi liar scum"
 iv --
the metamorphoses
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turning animals into food
 the veal industry
 factory farming
 the hog industry
 the poultry industry
 the cattle industry
 "humane" slaughter
 fish slaughter
 farmed-animal sanctuaries
 conclusion
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turning animals into clothes
 the american fur industry
 the international fur market: three examples
 leather
 wool
 conclusion. 8 --
turning animals into performersthe traditional circus
 dimensions of deprivation
 no pain, no train
 legal illusions
 marine mammal display
 conclusion
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turning animals into competitors
 hunting
 rodeo
 greyhound racing
 conclusion
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turning animals into tools
 "humane care"
 using animals as tools in education
 using animals in toxicity tests
 " ld50 "
 using animals as tools in research
 conclusion
 v --
many hands on many oars
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"yes ..., but . . ."
 moving forward
 conclusion
 epilogue: the cat
 acknowledgments
 notes
 index
 about the author.