The Unheeded Cry: Animal Consciousness, Animal Pain, and Science (Studies in Bioethics)

Science & Math

Bernard E. Rollin

Nature & Ecology

Oxford University Press

The Well Being Of Farm Animals: Challenges And Solutions

Wiley/Blackwell

Science and Ethics

Cambridge University Press

Beyond Prejudice: The Moral Significance of Human and Nonhuman Animals

In Beyond Prejudice, Evelyn B. Pluhar defends the view that any sentient conative being—one capable of caring about what happens to him or herself—is morally significant, a view that supports the moral status and rights of many nonhuman animals. Confronting traditional and contemporary philosophical arguments, she offers in clear and accessible fashion a thorough examination of theories of moral significance while decisively demonstrating the flaws in the arguments of those who would avoid attributing moral rights to nonhumans. Exposing the traditional view—which restricts the moral realm to autonomous, fully fledged "persons"—as having horrific implications for the treatment of many humans, Pluhar goes on to argue positively that sentient individuals of any species are no less morally significant than the most automomous human. Her position provides the ultimate justification that is missing from previous defenses of the moral status of nonhuman animals. In the process of advancing her position, Pluhar discusses the implications of determining moral significance for children and "abnormal" humans as well as its relevance to population policies, the raising of animals for food or product testing, decisions on hunting and euthanasia, and the treatment of companion animals. In addition, the author scrutinizes recent assertions by environmental ethicists that all living things or that natural objects and ecosystems be considered highly morally significant. This powerful book of moral theory challenges all defenders of the moral status quo—which decrees that animals decidedly do not count—to reevaluate their convictions.

Politics & Social Sciences

Evelyn B. Pluhar

Philosophy

Duke University Press Books

This definitive text on veterinary law and ethics is the leading book for practitioners and veterinary students throughout the country. It deals with basic legal concepts that impact all veterinarians and staff members on a daily basis and provides clear, practical examples for their applications. The one consistent comment about this book from all levels of readers is that it is written in a fashion that makes the law understandable to the lay person. Chapters include: 1) the basics of American law, 2) veterinary and animal ethics, 3) laws establishing the practice of veterinary medicine, 4) animals and the law, 5) minimizing complaints and settling disputes, 6) the law of professional liability, 7) antitrust and advertising, 8) contract law, 9) the legal use of veterinary drugs, 10) the law on veterinary biologicals and pesticides, 11) the legal use of controlled substances, 12) the veterinarian as an expert witness, 13) credit management and debt collection, 14) medical records: content, requirements and legal implications, 15) legal principles associated with prepurchase examinations of horses, and 16) wildlife law

Law and Ethics of the Veterinary Profession

Medical Books

James F. Wilson

Jo Anne L. Garbe

Veterinary Medicine

Priority Press

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