How to Count Animals, more or less (Uehiro Series in Practical Ethics)

How to Count Animals by Shelly Kagan is a groundbreaking book that challenges the conventional view of moral status and provides a hierarchical approach to understanding our duties towards animals.

This book offers a comprehensive and well-reasoned argument for why some animals count more than others, while also acknowledging that humans count more than animals overall.

By exploring appropriate, status-sensitive principles, Kagan reveals the significant work needed to arrive at an adequate view of our moral duties towards animals.

This book is a must-read for anyone interested in ethics and animal welfare, providing a thought-provoking and insightful perspective on how we should treat non-human species.