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Ethics and animals : an introduction /
"In this fresh and comprehensive introduction to animal ethics, Lori Gruen weaves together poignant and provocative case studies with discussions of ethical theory, urging readers to engage critically and empathetically reflect on our treatment of other animals. In clear and accessible language...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2011.
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| Colección: | Cambridge applied ethics.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. Why animals matter. Analyzing human exceptionalism ; Who is ethically considerable? ; Attending to other animals
- 2. The natural and the normative. Doing what comes naturally ; Species and speciesism ; Humans and persons ; Moral agents and moral patients ; The argument from marginal cases
- 3. Eating animals. The evolution of industrial agriculture ; Living and dying on factory farms ; Arguments against factory farms ; Is vegetarianism ethically required?
- 4. Experimenting with animals. The pursuit of knowledge ; Changing attitudes and developing regulations ; Animal pain and psychological well-being ; Weighing values ; Abolition of animal experimentation
- 5. Dilemmas of captivity. Zoos ; Liberty ; Autonomy ; Wild dignity ; Companion animals ; Sanctuary
- 6. Animals in the wild. Extinction ; The value of species ; Conflicts between humans and wild animals ; Conflicts between animals ; Conflicts between native species and non-native species
- 7. Animal protection. Can the ends justify the means? ; Strategies for fighting speciesism ; Empathetic action.