Animal Rights Education

Kai Horsthemke is an Associate Professor and teaches Philosophy of Education at KU Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Germany. He is also a Visiting Professor at the Wits School of Education, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, and Fellow of the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics, UK. His research interests include African philosophy and indigenous knowledge systems.

“This book is useful for educators, researchers, and students of animal rights philosophy. The author evaluates the arguments for animals' moral status from philosophers such as Peter Singer, Tom Regan, and Gary Francione. The animal rights field is burgeoning and not without controversy. This book provides thorough analysis and insight into animal rights and how they can be implemented in education.” (Sarah Allison, Doody's Book Reviews, February, 2019)

• Part I: Animals and morality.- Chapter 1. The minds and interests of animals.- Chapter 2. Moral anthropocentrism, non-paradigmatic cases, and speciesism.- Chapter 3. Non-anthropocentric views, animals as moral subjects, and equality.- Part II: Animals and education.- Chapter 4. Moral education and animals.- Chapter 5. Environmental education and education for sustainability, biophilia and ecophilia.- Chapter 6. Humane education and theriophilia.- Chapter 7. Philosophical posthumanism, critical pedagogy and ecopedagogy.- Chapter 8. Critical animal studies and animal standpoint theory.- Chapter 9. Vegan education.- Part III: Animal rights and education.- Chapter 10. The place of rights in morality, and animal rights education.- Chapter 11. Loose ends and remaining problems.- Chapter 12. Change, emancipation, and some practical suggestions for animal rights education.