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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... 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 pretentious guise of ...
... problem with the treatment of humans as ' matter ' is that the human then has to be understood as a machine , as a ... problems — how could God have animals suffer if they had neither participated in Adam's sin nor had any expectation of ...
... problem was that , at least in the early part of the age of science , very few philosophers bothered to draw such conclusions . Instead of recognizing the similarity between human and beast ( albeit at the lowest possible level ) the ...
... problems of a materialis- tic hedonism — epistemologically Bentham is no improvement on Hobbes — nonetheless Bentham was moved to recognize the tyranny imposed on animals throughout human history . In his Introduction to the Principles ...
... problem arises from the scientific concept of parsi- mony , 31 the eminently sensible idea in principle that nothing beyond what is necessary for explanation should be added to the explanation . Unfortunately , in the case of animal ...
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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 |