Darwinian dominion : animal welfare and human interests /
The controversial subject of this book is the permissible use of animals by humans. Lewis Petrinovich argues that humans have a set of cognitive abilities, developing from a suite of emotional attachments, that make them unique among species. Although other animals can think, suffer, and have needs,...
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, Mass. :
MIT Press,
©1999.
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Table des matières:
- 1. Evolutionary issues
- 2. Primate societies
- 3. Philosophical background
- 4. Research methods and the aims of science
- 5. Development of sensing and acting
- 6. Cognition and mind : humans and nonhumans
- 7. Animal rights
- 8. Animal liberation and speciesism
- 9. Morality and animal research
- 10. Research is ...
- 11. Setting research and educational policy
- 12. Eating the other : human and nonhuman
- 13. Species preservation, zoos, and pets
- 14. Epilogue.


