Animal Lives And Why They Matter

Author : Marc Bekoff
Publisher : New World Library
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2024-04-09
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781608689194

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The Emotional Lives of Animals by Marc Bekoff Pdf

A seminal exploration of animal emotion, sentience, and cognition, revised and expanded to incorporate a surge of new science When award-winning scientist Marc Bekoff penned the first edition of this book in 2007, he predicted that over time our understanding of animal cognition and emotion would grow “richer, more accurate, and possibly different.” Since then, not only has the field seen an explosion of new and startling research, but the popular interest in the subject has grown as well, spawning countless podcasts, articles, and bestselling books. Bekoff skillfully blends extraordinary stories of animal joy, empathy, grief, embarrassment, anger, and love with the latest scientific research confirming the existence of emotions that common sense and experience have long implied. Filled with light humor and compassion, The Emotional Lives of Animalsis a clarion call for reassessing both how we view and how we treat animals.

Author : Arne Johan Vetlesen
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2022-10-25
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781000736045

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Animal Lives and Why They Matter by Arne Johan Vetlesen Pdf

This book engages with the changing ways in which we, as a society and culture, look upon and interact with animals, stressing how much animals differ among themselves. An invitation to appreciate the peculiar role of animals in telling important if uncomfortable truths about who we are and where we are heading – namely, towards a world so much poorer in cultural, moral, and biological diversity – as a result of the ongoing decimation of so many other species. Drawing on a variety of thought ranging from that of Midgley, Plumwood, and Murdoch to Levinas, Derrida, and Habermas, from ecophilosophers to conservation biologists, Animal Lives and Why They Matter asks how we have come to this, and what an alternative, less destructive approach to our now precarious coexistence with animals might look like. Spanning the disciplines of philosophy, psychology, and anthropology, this enquiry into various cross-species relationships and encounters will appeal to scholars and students across the humanities and social sciences with interests in philosophy, ethics, human-animal interaction, and environmental thought.

Author : Mary Midgley
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780820320410

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Animals and why They Matter by Mary Midgley Pdf

Animals and Why They Matter examines the barriers that our philosophical traditions have erected between human beings and animals and reveals that the too-often ridiculed subject of animal rights is an issue crucially related to such problems within the human community as racism, sexism, and age discrimination. Mary Midgley's profound and clearly written narrative is a thought-provoking study of the way in which the opposition between reason and emotion has shaped our moral and political ideas and the problems it has raised. Whether considering vegetarianism, women's rights, or the "humanity" of pets, this book goes to the heart of the question of why all animals matter.

Author : Tony Ridgway
Publisher : Bellissima Publishing
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2018-10-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1614773610

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All Animal Lives Matter by Tony Ridgway Pdf

All animal lives really do matter. Enjoy this wonderful book written and illustrated by Tony Ridgway and think about how animal lives matter from A all the way to Z!!

Author : Marian Stamp Dawkins
Publisher : Oxford University Press (UK)
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2012-03-29
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780199587827

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Why Animals Matter by Marian Stamp Dawkins Pdf

In a world increasingly concerned with the human species and its future, Marian Stamp Dawkins argues that we need to rethink some of the fundamental questions regarding animal welfare. How are we justified in projecting human emotions on to animals? What kind of mental lives do they have? What can science tell us about their quality of life?

Author : Lola M. Schaefer
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 41 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2013-09-24
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781452129747

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Lifetime by Lola M. Schaefer Pdf

In one lifetime, a caribou will shed 10 sets of antlers, a woodpecker will drill 30 roosting holes, a giraffe will wear 200 spots, a seahorse will birth 1,000 babies. Count each one and many more while learning about the wondrous things that can happen in just one lifetime. This extraordinary book collects animal information not available anywhere else—and shows all 30 roosting holes, all 200 spots, and, yes!, all 1,000 baby seahorses in eye-catching illustrations. A book about picturing numbers and considering the endlessly fascinating lives all around us, Lifetime is sure to delight young nature lovers.

Author : Marc Bekoff
Publisher : New World Library
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2024-04-09
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781608689200

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The Emotional Lives of Animals (revised) by Marc Bekoff Pdf

A seminal exploration of animal emotion, sentience, and cognition, revised and expanded to incorporate a surge of new science When award-winning scientist Marc Bekoff penned the first edition of this book in 2007, he predicted that over time our understanding of animal cognition and emotion would grow “richer, more accurate, and possibly different.” Since then, not only has the field seen an explosion of new and startling research, but the popular interest in the subject has grown as well, spawning countless podcasts, articles, and bestselling books. Bekoff skillfully blends extraordinary stories of animal joy, empathy, grief, embarrassment, anger, and love with the latest scientific research confirming the existence of emotions that common sense and experience have long implied. Filled with light humor and compassion, The Emotional Lives of Animals is a clarion call for reassessing both how we view and how we treat animals.

Author : Gregory R. Smulewicz-Zucker
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2012-03-22
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780739145494

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Strangers to Nature by Gregory R. Smulewicz-Zucker Pdf

Strangers to Nature challenges a reading public that has grown complacent with the standard framework of the animal ethics debate. Human influence on, and the control of, the natural world has greater consequences than ever, making the human impact on the lives of animals more evident. We cannot properly interrogate our conduct in the world without a deeper understanding of how our actions affect animals. It is crucial that the human-animal relationship become more central to ethical inquiry. This volume brings together many of the leading scholars who work to redefine and expand the discourse on animal ethics. The contributors examine the radical developments that change how we think about the status of non-human animals in our society and our moral obligations. Strangers to Natures will engage both scholars and lay-people by revealing the breadth of theorizing about current human/non-human animal relationships.

Author : Nancy Lawson
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2017-04-18
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781616896171

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The Humane Gardener by Nancy Lawson Pdf

In this eloquent plea for compassion and respect for all species, journalist and gardener Nancy Lawson describes why and how to welcome wildlife to our backyards. Through engaging anecdotes and inspired advice, profiles of home gardeners throughout the country, and interviews with scientists and horticulturalists, Lawson applies the broader lessons of ecology to our own outdoor spaces. Detailed chapters address planting for wildlife by choosing native species; providing habitats that shelter baby animals, as well as birds, bees, and butterflies; creating safe zones in the garden; cohabiting with creatures often regarded as pests; letting nature be your garden designer; and encouraging natural processes and evolution in the garden. The Humane Gardener fills a unique niche in describing simple principles for both attracting wildlife and peacefully resolving conflicts with all the creatures that share our world.

Author : Raymond Wacks
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2024-02-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781003852018

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Animal Lives Matter by Raymond Wacks Pdf

Animal Lives Matter provides a comprehensive analysis of the legal, philosophical, and ethical aspects of animal rights. It argues that the subject extends beyond the matter of our obligations towards animals, to include our wider responsibilities for protecting the environment. Drawing on numerous moral, political, legal, religious, and philosophical theories including utilitarianism, deontology, rights theory, social contractarianism, and the capabilities approach, the author meticulously examines the questions of sentience, speciesism, personhood, and human exceptionalism. Lucid, nuanced, and academically rigorous, this important book will be an essential resource for scholars of law, politics, philosophy, ethics, as well as policy makers and the general reader.

Author : Bernd Heinrich
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780544002265

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Life Everlasting by Bernd Heinrich Pdf

From beetles to bald eagles, ravens to wolves, Heinrich reveals the fascinating and mostly hidden post-death world that occurs around us constantly, while examining the ancient and important role we humans, too, play as scavengers, connecting death to life. --

Author : Stephanie Feldstein
Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2018-06-05
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781250153265

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The Animal Lover's Guide to Changing the World by Stephanie Feldstein Pdf

"This book belongs on every animal lover's shelf—and it's a particularly great gift for young people who are on fire to save animals but are unsure where to start. Hooray!!" —Sy Montgomery, author of The Good Good Pig and The Soul of an Octopus The Animal Lover's Guide to Changing the World is the inspiring, accessible, and empowering book for everyone who loves animals and wants to live a more animal-friendly life, even if they aren’t ready to join a movement or give up bacon. With more than 7.5 billion people on the planet, wildlife is going extinct at the fastest rate since the dinosaurs. Three to four million dogs and cats are killed in shelters every year; billions of chickens, pigs, and cows are killed for food; and countless animals are killed in research labs or their habitat. The numbers are daunting, but there’s good news too! Even one person truly can make a difference without breaking the bank. With Stephanie Feldstein's straightforward and encouraging guidance, readers will learn how to take action to create a better world for the animals we love. It starts with changes as simple as taking a shorter shower, skipping meat once a week, wearing "this" not "that," and extends all the way to online activism and politics. The animals need us; so let's get on with some world changing!

Author : Roger Scruton
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2006-10-31
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0826494048

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Animal Rights and Wrongs by Roger Scruton Pdf

In this acclaimed book, Scruton takes the issues relating to vivisection, hunting, animal testing and BSE and places them in a wider framework of thought and feeling. Now available in paperback

Author : Annie Bourke
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-14
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781387840502

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The Bridge to Animal Consciousness (paperback) by Annie Bourke Pdf

Author : Melanie Challenger
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2021-03-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780735238138

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How to Be Animal by Melanie Challenger Pdf

What makes us human, and why are we so sure we're different from other animals? Humans are the most inquisitive, emotional, imaginative, aggressive, and baffling animals on the planet. But how well do we really know ourselves? How to Be Animal rewrites the remarkable human story and argues that at the heart of our psychology is a profound struggle with being animal. Most of our effects on the planet are the consequences of technological improvements and advances in our understanding of natural mechanisms. But why did this cognitive and technological edge come about in the first place and what kind of being has it made us? In How to Be Animal, Challenger brilliantly argues that this dizzying trajectory is the result of a singular characteristic of our species: the struggle with being an animal. Using a combination of memoir, historical texts, interweaving interviews and cultural and environmental history, How to Be Animal is lively and thought-provoking, bursting with ideas. This is a book for anyone who has ever contemplated what humans are and what makes our species so simultaneously brilliant and awful. Even more so, it is a book that asks tantalizing philosophical questions, such as whether and how human life matters. How to Be Animal is a tough-minded but ultimately sympathetic portrait of humanity. It exposes human beings as extraordinary animals defined by a profound struggle. In the third millennium, the way humans respond to being an animal among animals is the greatest and most inspiring challenge we face.