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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... some- times sickened by reading of the cruelties civilized humans inflict on other species . Rod Preece Lorna Chamberlain Summer Solstice , 1992 Introduction We set out to write this book out of X Animal Welfare and Human Values.
... human animals have played a major role in determining the specific forms of humankind's divergent cultures . Humanity is not only itself a part of the animal realm but also a species whose history has developed directly out of its ...
... humans for the ensuing 12,000 or so years . Probably for a few thousand years before that the wolf and jackal ancestors of the domestic dog had been tolerated as scavengers around human habitats . Eventually the dog was domesticated to ...
... human pre - history is clouded in the mists of time , enough can be gleaned from the available evidence for us to be able to recognize that the origins of our habits , skills and ... humans to till the soil From Human Origins to Humanism 7.
... human animals — but the barbarism extended to humans , too , primarily aliens and slaves . Eight thousand animals were slaugh- tered on the first two days following the opening of the Colosseum in Rome itself . Eleven thousand were ...
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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 |