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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... 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 , according to Aquinas , our higher faculty , reason , requires us ...
... feel for their adversary while dedicated to its murder . There can be scarcely a single book on hunting or angling which does not make reference to the love of nature , the beauty of the deer or the admirable characteristics of the prey ...
... feeling . They nailed poor animals upon boards by their four paws to vivisect them and see the circulation of the blood which was a great subject of conversation.12 Horrendously cruel as we must find such behaviour let us again not fail ...
... feeling in this animal to the end that he might not feel ? " 13 It was in Britain , though , that philosophical attitudes began to change sufficiently that they had an impact on legislation itself . The Scottish conservative utilitarian ...
... 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 . 212 . 30 Ibid . , 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 |