The Animal Ethics Reader

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Susan J. Armstrong, Richard G. Botzler
Routledge, 18 nov 2016 - 768 páginas

The Animal Ethics Reader is an acclaimed anthology containing both classic and contemporary readings, making it ideal for anyone coming to the subject for the first time. It provides a thorough introduction to the central topics, controversies and ethical dilemmas surrounding the treatment of animals, covering a wide range of contemporary issues, such as animal activism, genetic engineering, and environmental ethics.

The extracts are arranged thematically under the following clear headings:

  • Theories of Animal Ethics

  • Nonhuman Animal Experiences

  • Primates and Cetaceans

  • Animals for Food

  • Animal Experimentation

  • Animals and Biotechnology

  • Ethics and Wildlife

  • Zoos and Aquariums

  • Animal Companions

  • Animal Law and Animal Activism

Readings from leading experts in the field including Peter Singer, Bernard E. Rollin and Jane Goodall are featured, as well as selections from Tom Regan, Jane Goodall, Donald Griffin, Temple Grandin, Ben A. Minteer, Christine Korsgaard and Mark Rowlands. Classic extracts are well balanced with contemporary selections, helping to present the latest developments in the field.

This revised and updated Third Edition includes 31 new readings on a range of subjects, including animal rights, captive chimpanzees, industrial farm animal production, genetic engineering, keeping cetaceans in captivity, animal cruelty, and animal activism. The Third Edition also is printed with a slightly larger page format and in an easier-to-read typeface.

Featuring contextualizing introductions by the editors, study questions and further reading suggestions as the end of each chapter, this will be essential reading for any student taking a course in the subject.

With a new foreword by Bernard E. Rollin.

 

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Cover
2002
Animal Ethics A Sketch of How It Developed
2010
PART ONE Theories of Animal Ethics
2027
The Case for Animal Rights
1
Are Human Rights Human?
3
Practical Ethics
11
From Care to Dialogue
26
Rights Interests Desires and Beliefs
6
Whoor What Are the Rats and Mice in
A Moral Science Talking Point
Talking Point on
PAUL ROOT WOLPE
Ethical Themes of National Regulations Governing
The Role of AnimalBased
Building a New Tool Kit
PART SIX Animals and Biotechnology

Universal Basic Rights for Animals
11
Pain Emotion Consciousness
29
An Integrative and Functional Framework for
4
MICHAEL MENDL ELIZABETH S PAUL OLIVER H P BURMAN
14
Anthropomorphism and CrossSpecies Modeling
9
An Overview for Animal
24
Animal Pain
1953
A Neuropsychological and Evolutionary Approach
1961
Animal Pain
1981
New Evidence of Animal Consciousness
1996
SelfAwareness in Animals
PART THREE Primates and Cetaceans
JARED TAGLIALATELA
Intersubjectivity
A WHITEN J GOODALL W C MCGREW T NISHIDA V
KRISTIN ANDREWS
Finding Solutions
Culture and Conservation of NonHumans with
Consciousness in Dolphins? A Review of Recent
Whales as Persons
PART FOUR Animals for Food
Thinking Like Animals
Industrial Farm Animal Production
a Diet Containing Large Herbivores Not a Vegan Diet
JAMES RACHELS
CAROL J ADAMS
Animal Rights in the Jewish Tradition
Is Christianity Irredeemably Speciesist?
Islam
The Commonsense Case Against Animal
What Are
An International
Crossing Species Boundaries
JASON SCOTT ROBERT AND FRANÇOISE BAYLIS
The Inevitability of Animal Biotechnology? Ethics
Ethical Dimensions of
VAN DEN BERGH
JES LYNNING HARFELD
The Revival of an Extinct
Reintroduction and DeExtinction
Game and Wild Life Conservation
An Ecofeminist Critique of Hunting
Environmental Ethics and Trophy Hunting
Exotic Species Naturalisation and Biological
The Potential Conservation Value of NonNative
DALE PETERSON
PART EIGHT Zoos and Aquariums
Primates
Free Willyand All His Pals
The Ethical Basis
Zoos and the Marsupial that Tried to Be
PART NINE Animal Companions
The Pet World
MARK ROWLANDS
BRANTLEY
DIANE LEIGH AND MARILEE GEYER
TZACHI ZAMIR
PART TEN Animal LawAnimal Activism
Toward Legal Rights for Animals
Species
Personhood Animals and the Law
Understanding Animal Rights Violence
A Case Study in Factors of Effectiveness
Ten Ways to Make a Difference

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Sobre el autor (2016)

Susan J. Armstrong is Professor Emerita and 2004 Outstanding Professor at Humboldt State University in California. She has published widely on animal ethics and affiliated subjects and continues to be very concerned with animal welfare. With Richard G. Botzler, she edited Environmental Ethics: Divergence and Convergence.

Richard G. Botzler is Professor Emeritus of Wildlife, Humboldt State University, in California, where he taught courses in wildlife diseases, environmental ethics, and general wildlife. He was HSU’s outstanding professor in 1991, and California State University outstanding professor in 1992. His publications include topics in wildlife diseases and, with Susan J. Armstrong, Environmental Ethics: Divergence and Convergence.

Información bibliográfica

TítuloThe Animal Ethics Reader
EditoresSusan J. Armstrong, Richard G. Botzler
Edición3
EditorRoutledge, 2016
ISBN1317421965, 9781317421962
N.º de páginas768 páginas
  
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