Ethics of Animal Use

This book provides an introduction to ethical issues raised by various forms of human use of animals.   It avoids moral lecturing and presents a range of ethical viewpoints without defending or applying any specific stance. Readers are encouraged and provoked to reflect for themselves, and to sharpen their own points of view regarding the ethical limits on our use of animals. Early chapters cover changes over time in our view of animals, the principles of animal ethics, and different views of what counts as a good animal life. Later chapters apply the conceptual tools to specific issues including: food animal production, advanced veterinary treatment of pets, control of infectious diseases, wildlife management and the use of animals in research.  This book covers an impressive range of topics with accuracy and fairness.  

194 pages. 45 illustrations. Paperback & eBook. Suitable for students studying veterinary medicine, animal science, welfare and behaviour, and veterinary nursing. A Wiley-Blackwell production. Table of Contents. 

ISBN: Paperback: 978-1-4051-5120-7, e-Book: 978-1-118-69119-9

Price: Paperback: $75.95, eBook: $61.00