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Putting the horse before Descartes : my life's work on behalf of animals /
When philosopher Bernard Rollin was six years old, he visited an animal shelter and was told about unwanted dogs being put to sleep. The event shaped his moral outlook and initiated his concern for how animals were treated. In his irreverent memoir, Putting the Horse before Descartes, Rollin provide...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Philadelphia :
Temple University Press,
©2011.
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| Colección: | Animals and ethics.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | When philosopher Bernard Rollin was six years old, he visited an animal shelter and was told about unwanted dogs being put to sleep. The event shaped his moral outlook and initiated his concern for how animals were treated. In his irreverent memoir, Putting the Horse before Descartes, Rollin provides an account of how he came to educate himself and others about the ethical treatment of animals and work toward improvements in animal welfare. Rollin describes, in witty, often disarming detail, how he became an outspoken critic of how animals were being treated in veterinary and medical schools as. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 285 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-271) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781592138272 1592138276 129985060X 9781299850606 |