Kagan, Shelly: How to Count Animals, more or less

Shelly Kagan argues for a hierarchical position in animal ethics where people count more than animals do, and some animals count more than others. In arguing for his account of morality, Kagan sets out what needs to be done to establish our obligations toward animals and to fulfil our duties to them.A thorough, insightful, accessible, and immensely rewarding discussion of the kind of relative status we should seek between humans and nonhumans.