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Pleasurable Kingdom

Paperback • 2007 • English

Pleasurable Kingdom

By Jonathan Balcombe

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About the book

Presents a case for an ethical recognition of animals' ability to experience emotions, drawing on rigorous evidence and lighthearted anecdotes to refute popular conceptions that animal life is predominantly focused on the avoidance of pain, in an account that seeks to demonstrate that animals have an ability to experience pleasure. Reprint. 30,000 first printing.

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9781403986023

Publisher

Palgrave Macmillan

Published year

2007

Language

English

Original title

Pleasurable Kingdom

Format

Paperback

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