Pets and people : the ethics of companion animals / edited by Christine Overall.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Overall, Christine, 1949- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pets.

Pets--Moral and ethical aspects.

Pets--Social aspects.

Animals.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxv, 295 pages)

Other Title:

Pets and people : the ethics of our relationships with companion animals

Ethics of companion animals

Ethics of our relationships with companion animals

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2017.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Part I: the nature of the human/companion animal relationship and its ethical foundations. Companion and assistance animals: benefits, welfare safeguards, and relationships / Jean Harvey

Friendship with companion animals / Cynthia Townley

Building a meaningful social world between human and companion animals through empathy / Antonio Calcagno

Care, moral progress, and companion animals / Maurice Hamington

A two-level utilitarian analysis of relationships with pets / Gary Varner

"i don't want the responsibility": the moral implications of avoiding dependency relations with companion animals / Kathryn Norlock

Ethical behavior in animals / Bernard Rollin

Part II: Living with companion animals. Our whimsy, their welfare: on the ethics of pedigree-breeding / John Rossi

Does preventing reproduction make for bad care? / Katherine Wayne

"Lassie, come home!": ethical concerns about companion animal cloning / Jennifer Parks

Reproducing companion animals / Jessica du Toit and David Benatar

For dog's sake, adopt! / Tina Rulli

The animal lovers' paradox? On the ethics of "pet food" / Josh Milburn

The ethics of animal training / Tony Milligan

Animal assisted intervention and citizenship theory / Zipporah Weisberg

"Sex without all the politics"? Sexual ethics and human-canine relations / Chloë Taylor

Throw out the dog? Death, longevity, and companion animals / Christine Overall

The euthanasia of companion animals / Michael Cholbi.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 3, 2017).

ISBN:

0-19-065810-X

0-19-045610-8

0-19-045609-4