Animal Ethics for Veterinarians.

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Main Author: Linzey, Andrew
Other Authors: Linzey, Clair
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Champaign : University of Illinois Press, 2017
Series:Common Threads Ser.
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction: Veterinarians and Animal Ethics; Professional Issues for Veterinarians; 1. An Ethical Oath for Veterinarians; 2. The Emergence of Veterinary Oaths: Social, Historical, and Ethical Considerations; 3. Cognitive Relatives yet Moral Strangers?; 4. Opening the Door: Non-veterinarians and the Practice of Complementary and Alternative Veterinary Medicine; Understanding Cruelty to Companion Animals; 5. An Evaluative Review of Theories Related to Animal Cruelty; 6. Risk Factors for the Development of Animal Cruelty.
  • 7. The Neoteny Barrier: Seeking Respect for the Non-CuteAnimal Farming; 8. "Pets or Meat"? Ethics and Domestic Animals; 9. Varieties of Harm to Animals in Industrial Farming; 10. Old McDonald's Had a Farm: The Metaphysics of Factory Farming; Trade in Animals; 11. Australia and Live Animal Export: Wronging Nonhuman Animals; 12. The Morality of the Reptile "Pet" Trade; Animals in Research; 13. Transgenic Animals, Biomedical Experiments, and "Progress"; 14. Raising the Bar in the Justification of Animal Research; About the Editors and the Contributors.