Tony Milligan looks at animal ethics, as a question of how humans actually live with other species.

It delves into meat-eating, vegetarianism and veganism, sustainability, pet ownership and animal experimentation, really honing in on how individual practices can be justified, but also what kinds of relationships with animals those practices produce.

Like the best books on this topic, there is no construction of an immaculate moral system, and rather it exposes the contradictions people routinely inhabit. For example, the loving companion animals while eating others, opposing cruelty while benefiting from experimentation, or treating dietary ethics as though personal purity could solve industrial problems. The result sits somewhere between applied ethics and moral philosophy, with an unusually practical interest in food systems, domestic life and ecological consequences. First published in 2010 as part of Continuum’s Think Now series. 

Continuum, London/New York, 2010. First edition. Paperback. Light shelf wear and minor rubbing to covers and edges; internally appears clean and well kept. Very good condition.