Animal Welfare & Human ValuesWilfrid Laurier Univ. Press, 24. jun. 1993 - 334 sider 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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... accepted . Thus , in a roundabout way , the legitimacy of human refusal to consider the interests of other species is thereby justified . Although the scientism of Hobbes proved ultimately less than persuasive as a philosophy , it ...
... accepted , but Darwin's treatment of animals as intelligent , 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 ...
... accept the more ' scientific ' mentality they reduced both human and animal to the level of machines rather than elevating the animal to the sensate level of the human . Intellectual arrogance has played a comic role . If our drives and ...
... accepted in medical circles , despite the first blood transfusion being performed in 1667 when 2 Charles Knight , Old England ( London : James Sangster , 1847 ) , 1 , III , III : 326 . a woman was injected with nine ounces of lamb's ...
... accepted . Again , a perusal of The Edinburgh Review is instructive . An 1810 article entitled " Pamphlets on Vaccination " reviewed 19 publications on the vexatious topic which saw the light of day in the preceding three - year period ...
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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 |