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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... complex social problems . Unfortunately , much which appears on behalf of the animal liberation movement , while well meant and straight from the heart , is little more than pious sentimental- ity , sometimes in the persuasively ...
... complex issues . It is not a book for those who want a cause to follow blindly . There is a cause , and an eminently worthwhile one , but it is to be pursued with common sense , with diligence , with goodwill , and with a recognition ...
... complex to permit any division of labour other than by gender and age . Village sites were chosen in part for the suitability of the land for cultivation , whereas for people who remained predominantly engaged in hunting the proximity ...
... complex machines made by God , of course , but machines nonetheless . Thereby was solved one of the great theological problems — how could God have animals suffer if they had neither participated in Adam's sin nor had any expectation of ...
... complex , thinking and feeling beings ( not always consistently with the scientific language he employed , mind you ) was 29 Quoted in Walter E. Houghton , The Victorian Frame of Mind ( New Haven : Yale University Press , 1957 ) , p ...
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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 |