Cognitive kin, moral strangers? : linking animal cognition, animal ethics & animal welfare / by Judith Benz-Schwarzburg ; translation prepared by Mark Kanak ; edited by Susana Monsó, Evan White, Judith Benz-Schwarzburg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Benz-Schwarzburg, Judith, author, editor.

Contributor:

Kanak, Mark, translator.

Monsó, Susana, editor.

White, Evan, editor.

Series:

Human-animal studies ; Volume 23.

Human-animal studies ; Volume 23

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Cognition in animals.

Human-animal relationships.

Human-animal relationships--Moral and ethical aspects.

Animal rights.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Leiden, The Netherlands ; Boston : Brill, 2020.

Language Note:

In English and German.

Summary:

In Cognitive Kin, Moral Strangers? , Judith Benz-Schwarzburg reveals the scope and relevance of cognitive kinship between humans and non-human animals. She presents a wide range of empirical studies on culture, language and theory of mind in animals and then leads us to ask why such complex socio-cognitive abilities in animals matter. Her focus is on ethical theory as well as on the practical ways in which we use animals. Are great apes maybe better described as non-human persons? Should we really use dolphins as entertainers or therapists? Benz-Schwarzburg demonstrates how much we know already about animals’ capabilities and needs and how this knowledge should inform the ways in which we treat animals in captivity and in the wild.

Contents:

Front Matter

Copyright Page

Dedication

Preface and Acknowledgments

Introduction

Socio-Cognitive Abilities in Animals as the Object of Science—and What Has Been Neglected Thus Far

Questions and Objectives of the Book

Socio-Cognitive Abilities in Animals

The Concept of Cognition and the Concept of Consciousness

Culture in Animals?

Language in Animals?

Theory of Mind in Animals?

Summary and Transition

The Relevance of Socio-Cognitive Abilities in Animals for Animal Ethics and Animal Welfare

Kinship and Responsibility: the Moral Status of Animals

Kinship and Responsibility: the Discrepancy between Ethical Demands and the Status Quo

Summary

Discussion

Cognitive Kinship and the Concept of an Evolutionary Self

A Comparison of Arguments

Possibilities of Modifying Personhood Rights for Animals

Alternative: Turn the Focus Back to the Suffering of Animals?

Final Evaluation of Personhood Rights for Animals

Back Matter

Acknowledgments

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

"Originally published as Verwandte im Geiste - Fremde im Recht : sozio-kognitive Fähigkeiten bei Tieren und ihre Relevanz für Tierethik und Tierschutz. Copyright © 2012 by Harald Fischer Verlag GmbH, Erlangen"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

90-04-41507-6

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004415072 DOI