Saving animals, saving ourselves : why animals matter for pandemics, climate change, and other catastrophes / Jeff Sebo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sebo, Jeff, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Animal welfare--Moral and ethical aspects.

Animal welfare.

Nature--Effect of human beings on.

Nature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2022]

Summary:

In 2020, COVID-19, the Australia bushfires, and other global threats served as vivid reminders that human and nonhuman fates are increasingly linked. Human use of nonhuman animals contributes to pandemics, climate change, and other global threats which, in turn, contribute to biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse, and nonhuman suffering. Both an urgent call to action and a survey of what ethical and effective action will require, this book will be invaluable for scholars, advocates, policy-makers, and anyone interested in what kind of world we should attempt to build and how.

Contents:

Introduction: Saving animals, saving ourselves

Animal ethics in a human world

Animals, pandemics, and climate change

Limits on inclusion for animals

Methods of inclusion for animals

Animals, conflict, and politics

Animals, well-being, and moral status

Animals, creation ethics, and population ethics

Conclusion: Of minks and men.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-086103-7

0-19-086104-5

0-19-086102-9