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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... similar aids to life . Accordingly , as nature makes nothing purposeless or in vain , all animals must have been made by nature for the sake of men.5 We must presume that the animal liberationists are not objecting to the statements ...
... similar advances could be made . The very problem with the treatment of humans as ' matter ' is that the human then has to be understood as a machine , as a being whose behaviour has causes rather than motives , a brain but no mind . It ...
... similar . Thus the human and the animal can be readily acknowledged as of a kind , all their behaviour being subject to explanation in terms of the pursuit of pleasure and the aversion to pain . Reason , for Hobbes , is subsidiary to ...
... similar organization , when Mr. Henry Bergh founded the New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals . Returning from a diplomatic appointment in Russia — where he had been noted for his " active , " if unofficial ...
... similar in every respect , including that of the possession of a moral sense , humans were at least to the primates , but also by castigating , for example , the cruelty of the trade in fur . However , the means by which he indicated ...
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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 |