Title:
Pets and people : the ethics of our relationships with companion animals / edited by Christine Overall.
Author:
Overall, Christine, 1949- editor.
Publication Information:
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017]
©2017
Call Number:
SF411.5 .P46 2017
Abstract:
This work offers 18 ground-breaking articles, written by an international group of philosophers, on companion animal ethics. It explores the ethical foundations of our relationships with pets, in particular dogs and cats, and specific moral issues, including breeding, reproduction, sterilization, cloning, adoption, feeding, training, working, sexual interactions, longevity, dying, and euthanasia.-- Source other than the Library of Congress.
ISBN:
9780190456085
9780190456078
Physical Description:
xxv, 295 pages ; 24 cm.
Contents:
The nature of the human/companion animal relationship and its ethical foundations. Companion and assistance animals: benefits, welfare safeguards, and relationships / Friendship with companion animals / Building a meaningful social world between human and companion animals through empathy / Care, moral progress, and companion animals / A two-level utilitarian analysis of relationships with pets / "I don't want the responsibility": the moral implications of avoiding dependency relations with companion animals / Ethical behavior in animals / Living with companion animals. Our whimsy, their welfare: on the ethics of pedigree-breeding / Does preventing reproduction make for bad care? / "Lassie, come home!": ethical concerns about companion animal cloning / Reproducing companion animals / For dog's sake, adopt! / The animal lovers' paradox? On the ethics of "pet food" / The ethics of animal training / Animal assisted intervention and citizenship theory / "Sex without all the politics"? Sexual ethics and human-canine relations / Throw out the dog? Death, longevity, and companion animals / The euthanasia of companion animals
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