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Putting Humans First
Tibor R. Machan
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Description for Putting Humans First
Hardback. Series: Studies in Social, Political and Legal Philosophy. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 145 x 16. Weight in Grams: 346.
Putting Humans First passionately argues for the primacy of human life in the natural world and the corresponding justice of humans making use of animals; it disputes the concept of "animal rights" and "animal liberation." It shows human beings to be very much a part of nature, though not, ordinarily, of the wilds. Given their nature, Machan argues that human beings not only can, but ought to use nature to serve their own needs.
Putting Humans First passionately argues for the primacy of human life in the natural world and the corresponding justice of humans making use of animals; it disputes the concept of "animal rights" and "animal liberation." It shows human beings to be very much a part of nature, though not, ordinarily, of the wilds. Given their nature, Machan argues that human beings not only can, but ought to use nature to serve their own needs.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Social, Political and Legal Philosophy
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780742533455
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V9780742533455
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About Tibor R. Machan
Tibor R. Machan is currently R. C. Hoiles Professor of Business Ethics & Free Enterprise at the Argyros School of Business & Economics, Chapman University, Orange, CA, and a research fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University.
Reviews for Putting Humans First
In Putting Humans First, Machan offers an insightful, philosophic, and practical assessment of animal rights and environmental movements. Machan reveals how these philosophies would willingly sacrifice human freedoms by denying basic truths about both man and nature. He shows us that stewardship would be better served by celebrating and employing—rather than vilifying—mankind’s creative and moral nature.
Angela Logomasini, director of risk and environmental policy, Competitive Enterprise Institute Tibor R. Machan doesn't like the animal-rights or radical environment movements, and with good cause. Both exhibit anti-human attitudes, he writes, for each rejects the idea that human beings should be the primary concern of human beings. A Chapman University professor, Machan begins his slim volume on a strong note with a cogent critique of the philosophical underpinnings of animal-liberation philosophy.
Wesley Smith
The Weekly Standard
Putting Humans First should become the gold standard for warm and friendly human beings endeavoring to understand and explain why, though we may love animals and nature, they are intrinsically inferior to humans.
Jay Lehr, science director for The Heartland Institute A defense of human primacy in a hierarchy of nature and a critique of radical environmentalism.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Angela Logomasini, director of risk and environmental policy, Competitive Enterprise Institute Tibor R. Machan doesn't like the animal-rights or radical environment movements, and with good cause. Both exhibit anti-human attitudes, he writes, for each rejects the idea that human beings should be the primary concern of human beings. A Chapman University professor, Machan begins his slim volume on a strong note with a cogent critique of the philosophical underpinnings of animal-liberation philosophy.
Wesley Smith
The Weekly Standard
Putting Humans First should become the gold standard for warm and friendly human beings endeavoring to understand and explain why, though we may love animals and nature, they are intrinsically inferior to humans.
Jay Lehr, science director for The Heartland Institute A defense of human primacy in a hierarchy of nature and a critique of radical environmentalism.
The Chronicle of Higher Education