Books by Carl Cohen

The book, Both Wrong and Bad, is a crisp philosophical account of the reasons preference by race is both wrong and bad.The author, Carl Cohen, is a professor of philosophy at the University of Michigan, where he has been on the faculty for 62 years.

From landmark court cases on affirmative action to their consequences, a study on why such preferences are morally wrong, unlawful, and indefensible.

Do animals have rights? Is it wrong to use mice or dogs in research, or rabbits and cows as food? How ought we resolve conflicts between the interests of humans and those of other animals? In this volume, the animal rights debate is argued by two philosophers who represent opposing camps.