Darwinian Dominion
Animal Welfare and Human Interests
Seiten
2001
Bradford Books (Verlag)
978-0-262-66121-8 (ISBN)
Bradford Books (Verlag)
978-0-262-66121-8 (ISBN)
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The controversial subject of this book is the permissible use of animals by humans. Lewis Petrinovich argues that humans have a set of cognitive abilities, developing from a suite of emotional attachments, that make them unique among species. Although other animals can think, suffer, and have needs, the interests of members of the human species should triumph over comparable interests of members of other species.
This book is the third in a trilogy concerned with the morality of various actions that affect the birth, life, and death of organisms. Using principles of moral philosophy, biology, evolutionary theory, neurophysiology, medicine, and cognitive science, Petrinovich discusses such topics as fetal and prenatal development, development of the mind and brain, animal liberation, morality and animal research, the eating of animals, keeping animals in zoos and as pets, and the importance of biodiversity. In the epilogue, he summarizes the main issues and discusses the moral principles governing their resolution.
This book is the third in a trilogy concerned with the morality of various actions that affect the birth, life, and death of organisms. Using principles of moral philosophy, biology, evolutionary theory, neurophysiology, medicine, and cognitive science, Petrinovich discusses such topics as fetal and prenatal development, development of the mind and brain, animal liberation, morality and animal research, the eating of animals, keeping animals in zoos and as pets, and the importance of biodiversity. In the epilogue, he summarizes the main issues and discusses the moral principles governing their resolution.
Lewis Petrinovich is Professor of Psychology Emeritus at theUniversity of California, Riverside. He is the author of HumanEvolution, Reproduction, and Morality and Living and DyingWell (MIT Press, 1998).
Part 1 Basic principles: evolutionary issues; primate societies; philosophical background; research methods and the aims of science; development of sensing and acting; cognition and mind - humans and non humans. Part 2 Animal issues: animal rights; animal liberation and speciesism; morality and animal research; research is...; setting research and educational policy; eating the other - human and nonhuman; species preservation, zoos, and pets.
| Reihe/Serie | Darwinian Dominion |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Massachusetts |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 635 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Ethik |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-262-66121-7 / 0262661217 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-262-66121-8 / 9780262661218 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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