Aristotle Aquinas Descartes Kant Bentham Mill: all thought seriously about the role of
animals in our lives. But not until Tom Regan published The Case for Animal Rights did the
world possess a theory of the rights of animals. When philosophy students come to this issue
hundreds of years from now they will read the greats in light of the arguments presented
here.--Gary L. Comstock editor of Life Science Ethics Tom Regan's now classic Case For Animal
Rights blends careful argument with intense moral concern. For two decades where Regan has
been taken seriously animals have been better off and people have become better persons. This
new edition is a welcome sign of this influence continuing.--Holmes Rolston III University
Distinguished Professor Colorado State University A bold and nuanced analysis of the inherent
value and moral standing of nonhuman animals. It may also be the most consistent and unyielding
defense of animal rights.--Tom L. Beauchamp Georgetown University The most powerful and
plausible consideration of the issues and defense of animal rights yet to be produced (or
likely to be).--Richard Wasserstrom By far the best work on the subject and will continue to
be the definitive work for years to come . . . .[It is] destined to become a 'modern classic'
in the field of ethics alongside Rawls's A Theory of Justice and Nozick's Anarchy State and
Utopia.--Alastair S. Gunn coauthor of Hold Paramount Praise for the first edition:
Unquestionably the best work yet to appear in its field surpassing even Peter Singer's famous
Animal Liberation in originality thoroughness and rigor.--Choice The Case for Animal Rights
is beyond question the most important philosophical contribution to animal rights and is a
major work in moral philosophy.--Animal Law Review The most powerful and plausible
consideration of the issues and defense of animal rights yet to be produced (or likely to
be).--Richard Wasserstrom author of Philosophy and Social Issues (1980)
