"ANIMAL WELFARE MORAL AND ETHICAL ASPECTS" (Subject) - Books, journals, articles @ The Questia Online Library

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Animals and Nature: Cultural Myths, Cultural Realities

Book by Rod Preece; University of British Columbia Press, 1999

Subjects:

Animal Welfare--Moral And Ethical Aspects, Animals And Civilization, Philosophy Of Nature

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

In this provocative book, Rod Preece takes issue with the popular view that the Western cultural tradition, in contrast to Eastern and Native American traditions, has encouraged attitudes of domination and exploitation towards nature, particularly animals. He argues that the much maligned Western ...
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In this provocative book, Rod Preece takes issue with the popular view that the Western cultural tradition, in contrast to Eastern and Native American traditions, has encouraged attitudes of domination and exploitation towards nature, particularly animals. He argues that the much maligned Western tradition has more to commend it than is customarily recognized, and that the Native and Oriental orientations to animals and nature have often been described in a misleadingly rosy hue.
The result of six years' intensive research into comparative religion, literature, philosophy, anthropology, mythology, ethology, and animal welfare science, Animals and Nature is a welcome contribution to the debate about our place in the natural world.
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Animal Rights: History and Scope of a Radical Social Movement

Book by Harold D. Guither; Southern Illinois University Press, 1998

Subjects:

Animal Rights, Animal Welfare--Moral And Ethical Aspects

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

...Harold D. Guither. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Animal rights. 2. Animal welfare -- Moral and ethical aspects. I. Title. HV4708.G85 1998 179.3 -- dc21 97-23656 CIP ISBN 0-8093-2158-0 ISBN 0-8093-2199...
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On Moral Considerability: An Essay on Who Morally Matters

Book by Mark H. Bernstein; Oxford University Press, 1998

Subjects:

Animal Welfare--Moral And Ethical Aspects, Ethics

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

In this fresh and powerfully argued book, Mark Bernstein identifies the qualities that make an entity deserving of moral consideration. It is frequently assumed that only (normal) human beings count. Bernstein argues instead for "experientialism"--the view that having conscious experiences is ...
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In this fresh and powerfully argued book, Mark Bernstein identifies the qualities that make an entity deserving of moral consideration. It is frequently assumed that only (normal) human beings count. Bernstein argues instead for "experientialism"--the view that having conscious experiences is necessary and sufficient for moral standing. He demonstrates that this position requires us to include many non-human animals in our moral realm, but not to the extent that many deep ecologists champion.
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The Cultural Politics of Fur

Book by Julia V. Emberley; Cornell University Press, 1997

Subjects:

Animal Welfare--Moral And Ethical Aspects, Clothing Trade--Moral And Ethical Aspects, Fur Trade, Fur Trade--Moral And Ethical Aspects

Collections: Entire Library

Fur has been sparking controversies ever since sumptuary laws marked it as a luxury item and as a sign of medieval class privilege. Drawing on wide-ranging historical and contemporary sources, Julia V. Emberley explains how a material good has become both a symbol of wealth and sexuality, and a ...
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Fur has been sparking controversies ever since sumptuary laws marked it as a luxury item and as a sign of medieval class privilege. Drawing on wide-ranging historical and contemporary sources, Julia V. Emberley explains how a material good has become both a symbol of wealth and sexuality, and a symptom of class, gender, and imperial antagonisms.
Emberley documents the 1980s confrontations between animal rights activists and native peoples that pitted Lynx, the organization responsible for the high-profile anti-fur ads in Great Britain, against Inuit and Dene societies' claims for a livelihood based on the selling and trading, consumption and production of animal fur.
The fetishization of fur, Emberley shows, extends from early modern paintings and etchings to late nineteenth-century literary and psychoanalytical narratives of sexual fantasy, such as von Sacher-Masoch's novel Venus in Furs. Contemporary advertising and fashion photography, as well as films such as Paris is Burning reveal the ongoing fetishistic practices of the fashion world. From colonial fur trading to twentieth-century globalization of the fur industry, Emberley analyzes the cultural, political, material, and libidinal values ascribed to fur.
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The Specter of Speciesism: Buddhist and Christian Views of Animals

Book by Paul Waldau; Oxford University Press, 2002

Subjects:

Animal Rights--Environmental Aspects, Animal Welfare--Moral And Ethical Aspects, Speciesism--Religious Aspects, Speciesism--Religious Aspects--Buddhism

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, Entire Library

This new study looks at how non-human animals have been viewed in the Buddhist and Christian religious traditions. The concept of speciesism, coined in 1970 as an analogy to racism and discussed almost exclusively within philosophical circles, is used to explore very basic questions about which ...
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This new study looks at how non-human animals have been viewed in the Buddhist and Christian religious traditions. The concept of speciesism, coined in 1970 as an analogy to racism and discussed almost exclusively within philosophical circles, is used to explore very basic questions about which animals, human or otherwise, were significant to early Buddhists and Christians. Drawing on scriptures and interpretive traditions in Christianity and Buddhism, Waldau argues that decisions about human ethical responsibilities in both religions are deeply rooted in ancient understandings of the place of humans in the world and our relationships with other animals in an integrated cosmos. His study offers scholars and others interested in the bases for ethical decisions new insights into Christian and Buddhist reasoning about animals as well as what each might have to offer to the current discussions about animal rights and environmental ethics.
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