Animals and Social Work: A Moral Introduction [electronic resource] /
Ryan, T.author.
Social Work and Animals represents a pioneering contribution to the literature of social work ethics and moral philosophy. It advances cogent and detailed arguments for the inclusion of animals within social work's moral framework, arguments that have profound theoretical and practical implications for the discipline and its practitioners.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; Series Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Animals, Social Work and the Western Tradition; 2 Social Work, Subjectivity and the Moral World; 3 Social Work's Kindred Creatures: Biological Continuity and Moral Kinship; 4 Social Work and Respect for Individuals; 5 A Morally Inclusive Social Work; Appendix - New Beginnings, Other Ends: An Inclusive Social Work Code of Ethics; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Social Work and Animals represents a pioneering contribution to the literature of social work ethics and moral philosophy. It advances cogent and detailed arguments for the inclusion of animals within social work's moral framework, arguments that have profound theoretical and practical implications for the discipline and its practitioners.
Ethics.
Sociology.
Social sciences—Philosophy.
Social work.
Bioethics.
Ethics.
Moral Philosophy.
Sociology, general.
Social Philosophy.
Social Work.
Bioethics.