Animals 2011, 1(1), 200-204; doi:10.3390/ani1010200
Book Review

The Animal Rights Debate: Abolition or Regulation?

Ben Mephamemail
Centre for Applied Bioethics, School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington Campus, LE12 5RD, UK
Received: 8 March 2011 / Accepted: 11 March 2011 / Published: 15 March 2011
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Abstract: The simple, but quite unusual plan, promised much: two leading academics (Gary Francione and Robert Garner) prepared to make their respective cases with conviction and candour, followed by a lively debate between them, during which no stone need be left unturned. In prospect, then, was an opportunity for nuances to be clarified, misunderstandings dispelled and some common ground established. But while it proved to be an enthralling engagement, the apparent inability of one author to concede even an inch of ground to the other’s case meant that the divide between the viewpoints was, regrettably, no narrower at the end than at the beginning. [...]

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