Animal Ethics: A Contemporary Introduction

ISBN-13: 9781138484436 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 262 str.

Bob Fischer

Opis

Most animal ethics intros are literature overviews, but this is a practical introduction. Empirically informed, it combines philosophy with animal sci, conservation biology, economics, ethology, law. Covers classic topics and rarer (e.g. pest control). An accessible model to doing animal ethics.

Spis treści

1. Introduction  2. The Moral Community  3. Animal Minds  4. Welfare and Death  5. Moral Theory  6. Animal Agriculture and Aquaculture  7. Production and Consumption Ethics  8. Fishing  9. International Animal Care and Use Committees 10. Animal Research  11. Zoos  12. Pests  13. Companion Animals  14. Activism  15. Conclusion

O autorze

Bob Fischer is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Texas State University. He’s the editor of The Routledge Handbook of Animal Ethics (Routledge, 2020) and the author of The Ethics of Eating Animals (Routledge, 2020).