Personhood, ethics, and animal cognition [electronic resource] : situating animals in Hare's two level utilitarianism / Gary E. Varner. Varner, Gary E. (Gary Edward), 1957- Hare, R. M. (Richard Mervyn) Animal rights. Cognition in animals. Ethics. Utilitarianism. HV4708 .V37 2012 179.3 23 Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on Aug. 24, 2012). Drawing heavily on recent empirical research to update R.M. Hare's two-level utilitarianism and expand Hare's treatment of 'intuitive level rules,' Gary Varner considers in detail the theory's application to animals while arguing that Hare should have recognized a hierarchy of persons, near-persons, and the merely sentient. New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012. 2012. 2012 Text 1 online resource. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199758784.001.0001 eng