Tom L. Beauchamp, F. Barbara Orlans, Rebecca Dresser

The Human Use of Animals

Case Studies in Ethical Choice

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Human Use of Animals presents case studies that look at the practical and ethical issues arising from the human use of animals. The case studies report the facts about some of the most compelling and difficult issues that confront society today in the human use of animals. Each case study combines the facts of the case with analysis of ethical issues.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• 2. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 300
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 459g
• ISBN-13: 9780195340198
• ISBN-10: 0195340191
• Artikelnr.: 23575714

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Introduction
1: Moral Issues about Animals
Part II. Farm Animals
2: Humane Housing for Hogs
3: Veal Crates and Human Palates
4: What is a Chicken Worth?
Part III. Animals for Entertainment
5: The Sport of Rooster Fighting
6: Winky and Wanda at the Detroit Zoo
7: Ringling Brothers' Big Cats
Part IV. Companion Animals
8: Cosmetic Surgery for Dogs
Part V. Religious Uses of Animals
9: Animal Sacrifice as Religious Ritual: The Santeria Case
Part VI. Endangered Species
10: Bonobos: Humans' Closest Relatives Face Extinction
Part VII. Biomedical Research and Cosmetic Testing
11: Head Injury Experiments on Primates at the University of Pennsylvania
12: What Does the Public Have a Right to Know?
13: Can There be Cruelty-Free Cosmetic Testing?
Part VIII. Behavioral Research
14: Monkeys without Mothers
15: The Experimental Study of Animal Aggression
Part IX. Wildlife Research
16: The Death of a Vagrant Bird
Part X. Educational Uses of Animals
17: Should Frog Dissection Continue?
Index