Product Description

The second edition of "The Animal Ethics Reader" is the most current and comprehensive anthology of readings on the subject of animal ethics. Whilst keeping the best of the previous edition, the editors have updated readings to reflect ongoing developments and emerging issues like rehabilitation of oiled wildlife, human elephant interactions, and animal consciousness and emotion. Readings are arranged thematically, carefully presenting a balanced representation of the subject as it stands. Articles are arranged under the following headings: theories of animal ethics; animal capacities; animals for food; animal experimentation; genetic engineering of animals; ethics and wildlife; zoos, aquaria, and animals in entertainment; companion animals; and, legal rights for animals. Readings from leading experts in the field including Peter Singer, Mary Midgely and Bernard Rollin are featured as well as selections from Donald Griffin, Mark Bekoff, Jane Goodall, Raymond Frey, Barbara Orlans, Tom Regan, and Baird Callicott. There is an emphasis on balancing classic and contemporary readings with a view to presenting debates as they stand at this point in time. Each chapter is introduced by the editors and study questions feature at the end. The second edition also contains a new foreword by Bernard Rollin.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #407111 in Books
• Published on: 2008-03-25
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 650 pages

Review

The first edition of The Animal Ethics Reader was an important contribution to the development of courses in animal ethics. This new, improved edition will make an even more important contribution.

Dale Jamieson, Professor of Environmental Studies and Philosophy, New York University

The Animal Ethics Reader is required reading for students and scholars in Human-Animal Studies and for interested individuals who want to deepen their understanding of our complex and contradictory relationship with animals.

Kim W. Stallwood, Animals and Society Institute

The Animal Ethics Reader offers an invaluable source, and establishes animal ethics and animal law philosophy as a serious academic subject.

Erwin Lengauer and Regina Binder, Vienna inter-university research group on animal ethics.   

Praise for the First Edition:

This ambitious anthology is a welcome resource for the study of the ethical issues of human interactions with other animals. The editors have provided a volume that covers a wide and diverse range of topics and points of view.

Anthrozoos, 18 (4) 2005

The first edition of The Animal Ethics Reader was an important contribution to the development of courses in animal ethics. This new, improved edition will make an even more important contribution.  Dale Jamieson, Professor of Environmental Studies and Philosophy, New York University

The Animal Ethics Reader is required reading for students and scholars in Human-Animal Studies and for interested individuals who want to deepen their understanding of our complex and contradictory relationship with animals.  Kim W. Stallwood, Animals and Society Institute

The Animal Ethics Reader offers an invaluable source, and establishes animal ethics and animal law philosophy as a serious academic subject.  Erwin Lengauer and Regina Binder, Vienna inter-university research group on animal ethics.   

Praise for the First Edition:

This ambitious anthology is a welcome resource for the study of the ethical issues of human interactions with other animals. The editors have provided a volume that covers a wide and diverse range of topics and points of view.  Anthrozoos, 18 (4) 2005

From the Back Cover

The first edition of The Animal Ethics Reader was an important contribution to the development of courses in animal ethics. This new, improved edition will make an even more important contribution.

Dale Jamieson, Professor of Environmental Studies and Philosophy, New York University

The Animal Ethics Reader is required reading for students and scholars in Human-Animal Studies and for interested individuals who want to deepen their understanding of our complex and contradictory relationship with animals.

Kim W. Stallwood, Animals and Society Institute

Praise for the First Edition:

"This ambitious anthology is a welcome resource for the study of the ethical issues of human interactions with other animals. The editors have provided a volume that covers a wide and diverse range of topics and points of view."

Anthrozoos, 18 (4) 2005

The Animal Ethics Reader is an acclaimed anthology containing both classic and contemporary readings, making it ideal for anyone coming to the subject for the first time. It provides a thorough introduction to the central topics, controversies and ethical dilemmas surrounding the treatment of animals, covering a wide range of contemporary issues, such as animal activism, genetic engineering, and environmental ethics.

The extracts are arranged thematically under the following clear headings:

• Theories of Animal Ethics
• Animal Capacities: Pain, Emotion and Consciousness
• Primates and Cetaceans
• Animals for Food
• Animal Experimentation
• Animals and Biotechnology
• Ethics and Wildlife
• Zoos and Aquariums
• Animal Companions
• Animal Law and Animal Activism

Readings from leading experts in the field including Peter Singer, Daniel C. Dennett and Bernard E. Rollin are featured as well as selections from Donald Griffin, Mark Bekoff, Jane Goodall, Temple Grandin, Barbara Orlans, Tom Regan, and Baird Callicott. Classic extracts are well balanced with contemporary selections, helping to present the latest developments in the field.

This revised and updated second edition includes new readings on animal consciousness, anthropomorphism, farm animals, vegetarianism, biotechnology and cloning.

Featuring contextualizing introductions by the editors, study questions and further reading suggestions at the end of each chapter, this will be essential reading for any student taking a course in the subject.

With a foreword by Bernard E. Rollin.

Susan J. Armstrong is Professor of Philosophy and Women's Studies at Humboldt State University and has published widely on this and affiliated subjects. Richard G. Botzler is Professor of Wildlife, also at Humboldt State University and a leading published expert in the field. Together they have edited Environmental Ethics (1998).