Recognising and Responding to Animal Emotion in a Shared World

ISBN-13: 9781032287799 / Twarda / 2023 / 196 str.

Vicki (Australian College of Applied Psychology) Hutton

Opis

This book draws on contemporary evidence-based research, observations, interviews and anecdotal case scenarios to explore the growing knowledge base around non-human animals’ capacity to experience emotions.

Spis treści

Introduction

Chapter 1—The need for order

Chapter 2—Zoological Emotional Scale

Chapter 3—Consciousness, sentience and emotion

Chapter 4—Family love or instinct?

Chapter 5—Anthropomorphism or emotion?

Chapter 6—Grief and stress

Chapter 7—Awareness of death

Chapter 8—Spirituality and experiential consciousness

Chapter 9—Spirituality and culture

Chapter 10—Animal morality and moral standing

Chapter 11—Moral standing and animal welfare

Chapter 12—Moral standing and human needs

Chapter 13—Companion animals and emotion

Chapter 14—Conclusion: The need to listen

O autorze

Vicki Hutton is passionate about animals and their welfare, having lived with, worked with, observed and written about animals for many years. After starting her career in the health and community sectors as a mental health therapist, crisis counsellor and group facilitator, Vicki moved into education and research while completing her doctorate in Applied Psychology. Vicki has published widely in the human-animal relationship field, as well as the areas of mental health, stigma and discrimination and social cohesion. She currently lives with an assortment of animals who all contribute in their unique ways to her writing.