Title: The animal ethics reader /
Authors: Armstrong, Susan J.; Botzler, Richard George, 1942-
Year: 2017
Subjects: Animal welfare Moral and ethical aspects; Animal rights; Animal Welfare ethics; Animal Rights; Society.; Animal rights; Animal welfare Moral and ethical aspects; Society.
Abstract: '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.
Contents: General introduction : animal ethics, a sketch of how it developed and where it is now -- pt. I. Theories of animal ethics -- 1. The case for animal rights / Tom Regan -- 2. Reply to Tom Regan / Carl Cohen -- 3. Are hum rights human? / Paola Cavalieri -- 4. Practical ethics / Peter Singer -- 5. Feminism and the treatment of animals : from care to dialogue / Josephine Donovan -- 6. Rights, interests, desires and beliefs / R.G. Frey -- 7. Universal basic rights for animals / Sue Donaldson and Will Kymlicka -- pt. II. Animal capacities : pain, emotion, consciousness -- Issues/methods of study -- 8. An integrative and functional framework for the study of animal emotion and mood / Michael Mendl, Oliver H.P. Burman, and Elizabeth S. Paul -- 9. Reflections / Barbara Smuts -- Anthropomorphism -- 10. Anthropomorphism and cross-species modeling / Sandra D. Mitchell -- 11. Thinking without words : an overview for animal ethics / Jose Luis Bermúdeź -- Consciousness, emotion, and suffering -- 12. Animal pain / Bernard E. Rollin -- 13. A neuropsychological and evolutionary approach to animal consciousness and animal suffering / Bob Bermond -- 14. Animal pain / Colin Allen -- 15. Animal consciousness : what matters and why / Daniel C. Dennett -- 16. New evidence of animal consciousness / Donald R. Griffin and Gayle B. Speck -- 17. Self-awareness in animals / David Degrazia.