Message from Reverend Andrew Linzey

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Jul 1, 2009 11:50 PM

My new book

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*My new book. Andrew*

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US publication date: 23rd July 2009

UK publication date: 17th September 2009

 

 

 

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*FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE*

 

 

 

 

 

*W**HY **A**NIMAL **S**UFFERING **M**ATTERS*

 

*Philosophy, Theology, and Practical Ethics*

 

 

 

By Andrew Linzey

 

 

 

Oxford / $29.95 / 206 pgs. / Hardback / July 23, 2009 / ISBN13:

9780195379778

 

 

 

*“This book, I believe, ranks as one of [Andrew Linzey’s] finest works –

perhaps even the finest. It is original, engaging, and impressive, and

comprises a skilful interweaving of theological and ethical argument,

systematic analysis and (mercilessly destructive) criticism of hugely

significant public documents on hunting with dogs, fur farming and

commercial sealing, underwritten by a form*

 

*of Chomskyan social criticism.”*

 

*

**Mark Rowlands *

 

* Professor of Philosophy, University of

Miami*

 

* *

 

*“This is a well-written, challenging, and important study of a subject that

should have a wide readership, not only by academicians, but more so, by the

vast majority of readers who are involved with and concerned about animals

in one way or another.”*

 

*Library Journal*

 

 

 

Lots of people are disturbed by animal suffering, but hard pressed to say

why it really matters. It is still sometimes supposed that caring for

animals is just an ‘emotional’ issue with no rational basis. Our

exploitation of animals rests on a range of ‘differences’ that are supposed

to justify their inferior treatment. But when analyzed, these very

differences, so often regarded as a basis for *discriminating against *them,

are the very grounds for *discriminating in favor* of them.

 

 

 

When reconfigured, these considerations include

 

· The inability of animals to give or withhold their consent

 

· Their inability to verbalize or represent their interests

 

· Their inability to comprehend

 

· Their moral innocence or blamelessness

 

· Their relative defenselessness and vulnerability

 

 

 

When these considerations are taken fully into account, it becomes as

difficult to justify the infliction of suffering on animals as it is to do

so in the case of human infants. In *WHY ANIMAL SUFFERING MATTERS* Andrew

Linzey offers a radical new paradigm for our treatment of animals,

maintaining that animals, like young children, should be accorded a special

moral status. The argument is buttressed by a detailed analysis of three

practical issues: hunting with dogs, fur-farming, and commercial sealing.

After reading this book, it will be difficult for anyone to argue that any

of these practices is morally defensible.

 

 

 

*About the Author:*

 

*Andrew Linzey* is Director of the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics, and a

Member of the Faculty of Theology in the University of Oxford. He has

published more than 20 books including: *Animal Theology*, *Creatures of the

Same God*, and *The Link Between Animal Abuse and Human Violence.*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*WHY ANIMAL SUFFERING MATTERS*

 

*Philosophy, Theology, and Practical Ethics*

 

By Andrew Linzey will be published by Oxford University Press on July 23,

2009

 

Oxford / $29.95 / 206 pgs. / Hardback / July 23, 2009 / ISBN13:

9780195379778

 

The Revd Professor Andrew Linzey, PhD, DD of the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics,

Honorary Research Fellow, St Stephen's House, Oxford,

Member of the Faculty of Theology, University of Oxford,

and Honorary Professor, University of Winchester.

 

Address: 91 Iffley Road, Oxford OX4 1EG, England.

Telephone: 01865 201565

E mail: andrewlinzey

andrew.linzey

director

 

Centre's website: www.oxfordanimalethics.com

Journal for Animal Ethics: http://www.press.uillinois.edu/journals/jane.html

 

Books include: *

Animal Theology* (SCM Press/University of Illinois Press, 1994)*

Dictionary of Ethics, Theology and Society* (Routledge, 1996)*

After Noah* (Mowbray/Continuum, 1997)*

Animals on the Agenda *(SCM Press/University of Illinois Press, 1998)*

Animal Gospel* (Westminster John Knox Press, 1998) *

Animal Rites* (SCM Press/The Pilgrim Press, 1999)*

Animal Rights: A Historical Anthology* (Columbia University Press, 2005)*

Gays and the Future of Anglicanism* (O Books, 2005)*

Creatures of the Same God* (Winchester University Press/Lantern, 2007)*

Animals and Christianity: A Book of Readings* (Wipf and Stock, 2008)

*Why Animal Suffering Matters *(Oxford University Press, 2009)

*The Link Between Animal Abuse and Human Violence *(Sussex Academic Press,

2009)