Mark Bernstein is the Joyce and Edward E. Brewer Chair in Applied Philosophy at Purdue University, and a founding member of the Oxford Centre on Animal Ethics. He has previously published three books: Fatalism, On Moral Considerability, and Without A Tear.

• Preface 1. On the Relative Unimportance of Human Interests 1.1. Setting the Stage 1.2. What Do We mean When We Say that Human Interests are More Significant than Animal Interests? 1.3. Does the Cosmos Inform Us that Human Interests are More Significant than Animal Interests? 1.4. Should Humans Consider Human Interests More Significant than Animal Interests? 2. On the Relative Unimportance of Human Life 2.1. Setting the Stage 2.2. The Disvalue of Death Argument 2.3. Why Your Death is Less Important than You Think 2.4. The Problem With Valuing Capacities 2.5. From Preservation to Creation 2.6. Mill's Argument Conclusion