Animal Welfare & Human ValuesWilfrid Laurier Univ. Press, 1993 M06 24 - 334 páginas As the most populous province in Canada, Ontario is a microcosm of the animal welfare issues which beset Western civilization. The authors of this book, chairman and vice-chairman, respectively, of the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, find themselves constantly being made aware of the atrocities committed in the Society’s jurisdiction. They have been, in turn, puzzled, exasperated and horrified at humanity’s cruelty to our fellow sentient beings. The issues discussed in this book are the most contentious in animal welfare disputes — animal experimentation, fur-farming and trapping, the use of animals for human entertainment and the conditions under which animals are raised for human consumption. They are complex issues and should be thought about fairly and seriously. The authors, standing squarely on the side of the animals, suggest “community” and “belonging” as concepts through which to understand our relationships to other species. They ground their ideas in Wordsworth’s “primal sympathy” and Jung’s “unconscious identity” with the animal realm. The philosophy developed in this book embraces common sense and compromise as the surest paths to the goal of animal welfare. It requires respect and consideration for other species while acknowledging our primary obligations to our fellow humans. |
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... behavioural science . Of course , they also count several reputable philosophers and scientists among their numbers . On the other hand much which appears on behalf of the fur industry , animal experimentation and intensive farming ...
... behaviour recommended in its religious ideologies . And as the noted Orientalist philosopher Alan Watts wrote in mid - twentieth century , " Less and less has the ' wisdom of the East ' anything to do with modern Asia . " 3 Nonetheless ...
... behaviour . Aristotle was among those who took the initial steps to diminish the exploitation of both humans and animals and to recognize that humans shared a great deal with the animal realm . He knew that to demand everything was to ...
... behaviour toward animals , in part because we can " have no fellow feeling with them . " What a pity St. Thomas never met St. Francis ! If our passions might move us in some direction toward consider- ation for the interests of animals ...
... behaviour similar advances could be made . The very problem with the treatment of humans as ' matter ' is that the human then has to be understood as a machine , as a being whose behaviour has causes rather than motives , a brain but no ...
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Animal Experimentation The Alternatives | 73 |
Animal Experimentation Legislation and Assessment | 85 |
Hunting Fishing and Fowling | 103 |
Animals in Entertainment Zoos Aquaria and Circuses | 185 |
Of Farms and Factories | 211 |
Companion Animals | 229 |
The Community of Sentient Beings | 243 |
The Philosophy of Animal Rights | 265 |
The Philosophy of Animal Protection | 283 |
Epilogue Ode to Sensibility | 307 |
Select Bibliography | 317 |
Frivolous Fur Veneration and Environmentalism | 123 |
Frivolous Fur Trappers Clubbers and Farmers | 139 |
Animals in Entertainment Racing Riding and Fighting | 161 |
Index | 321 |