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Series Editors’ Preface
Acknowledgments
Editors and Contributors
Introduction
The Challenge of Animal Ethics
Andrew Linzey and Clair Linzey
Section I: The Ethics of Control
1. Introduction: The Ethics of Control
Lisa Johnson
2. Animal Justice as Non-Domination
Valéry Giroux and Carl Saucier-Bouffard
3. Rethinking the Ethic of Human Dominance
Grace Clement
4. Chain of Fools
Les Mitchell
5. Our Moral Duties to Ill and Aging Companion Animals
Faith Bjalobok
6. Speciesism and the Ideology of Domination in the Italian Philosophical Tradition
Leonardo Caffo
7. Bioengineering, Animal Advocacy, and the Ethics of Control
Jodey Castricano
Section II: The Ethics of Captivity
8. Introduction: The Ethics of Captivity
Thomas I. White
9. Incarceration, Liberty, and Dignity Lori Gruen
10. Speciesism and Zoos: Shifting the Paradigm, Maintaining the Prejudice
Elizabeth Tyson
11. Elephants in Captivity
Catherine Doyle
12. Whales, Dolphins and Humans: Challenges in Interspecies Ethics
Thomas I. White
13. The Marine Mammal Captivity Issue: Time for a Paradigm Shift
Lori Marino
Section III: The Ethics of Killing
14. Introduction: The Ethics of Killing
Mark H. Bernstein
15. Religious Slaughter: Science, Law, and Ethics
Jordan Sosnowski
16. Fishing for Trouble: The Ethics of Recreational Angling
Maximilian Padden Elder
17. What Is Morally Wrong with Killing Animals (If This Does Not Involve Suffering)?
Carlos M. Naconecy
18. Killing Animals—Permitted by God? The Role of Christian Ethics in (Not) Protecting the Lives of Animals
Kurt Remele
19. Smoke and Mirrors: An Analysis of Some Important Conceptions Used to Justify Hunting
Priscilla N. Cohn
20. Comparing the Wrongness of Killing Humans and Killing Animals
Mark H. Bernstein
Section IV: The Ethics of Causing Suffering
21. Introduction: The Ethics of Causing Suffering
Kay Peggs
22. Animal Suffering Matters
Kay Peggs
23. Human Duties, Animal Suffering, and Animal Rights: A Legal Reevaluation
Darren Sean Calley
24. Suffering Existence: Nonhuman Animals and Ethics
Kay Peggs and Barry Smart
25. Suffering of Animals in Food Production: Problems and Practical Solutions
Akisha Townsend Eaton
26. Suffering for Science and How Science Supports the End of Animal Experiments
Aysha Akhtar
27. Bullfighting: The Legal Protection of Suffering
Lidia de Tienda Palop
28. Free-roaming Animals, Killing, and Suffering: The Case of African Elephants
Kai Horsthemke
30. The Dog that is Willing to Die: The “Ethics” of Animal Fighting
Randall Lockwood
Index
Andrew Linzey is Director of the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics, and Visiting Professor of Animal Theology at the University of Winchester. He is the author of such works as The Global Guide to Animal Protection (2013) The Link Between Animal Abuse and Human Violence (2009) and Why Animal Suffering Matters: Philosophy, Theology, and Practical Ethics (2009).
Clair Linzey is Deputy Director of the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics, and Associate Editor of the Journal of Animal Ethics. She has written entries for the Vocabulary for the Study of Religion, the Encyclopedia of Bioethics 4th Edition, the Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Ethics, and the Encyclopedia of Food and Agricultural Ethics.
This handbook provides an in-depth examination of the practical and theoretical issues within the emerging field of animal ethics. Leading experts from around the globe offer insights into cutting edge topics as diverse as killing for food, religious slaughter, animal companions, aquariums, genetic manipulation, hunting for sport and bullfighting. Including contributions from Lisa Johnson on the themes of human dominance, Thomas White on the ethics of captivity, Mark Bernstein on the ethics of killing and Kay Peggs on the causation of suffering, this handbook offers an authoritative reference work for contemporary applied animal ethics. Progressive in approach, the authors explore the challenges that animal ethics poses both conceptually and practically to traditional understandings of human–animal relations.
Key Features:
· Structured in four parts to examine the ethics of control, the ethics of captivity, the ethics of killing and the ethics of causing suffering
· Interdisciplinary approach including philosophical, historical, scientific, legal, anthropological, religious, psychological and sociological perspectives
· Focussed treatment of practical issues such as animals in farming, zoos and animal experimentation
The Palgrave Handbook of Practical Animal Ethics is an essential resource for those with an interest in the ethics of modern-day treatment of animals as well as scholars, researchers and advanced students in zoology, philosophy, anthropology, religious studies and sociology.