An Odyssey With Animals
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Author | : Adrian R Morrison |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 287 |
Release | : 2009-10-08 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 0195374444 |
An Odyssey with Animals is the culmination of a veterinarian and scientist's years spent negotiating the divide between animal welfare and biomedical research. Drawing on the disciplines of philosophy, history, ethics, biology, and animal behavior, Morrison crafts a multi-faceted argument in favor of using animals in research. The result is a thought-provoking, intelligent and fair-minded discussion of an incredibly charged subject--of the past and present of animals' relationships with humans, and how and why we should be able to use them as we do.
Author | : Adrian R. Morrison |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2009-06-25 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 019970564X |
The relationship between animals and humans is more complex today than ever before. In addition to the animals that have served as household pets, and the farm animals that have provided labor and food, countless monkeys, rabbits, rats, and cats have enabled modern scientists to treat and cure humanity's most devastating illnesses. This aspect of animal-human interaction has engendered a bitter enmity between animal rights activists and the biomedical researchers whose work depends on the use (and oftentimes the killing) of laboratory animals. In An Odyssey with Animals, veterinarian and sleep researcher Adrian Morrison argues that humane animal use in biomedical research is an indispensable tool of medical science, and that efforts to halt such use constitute a grave threat to human health and wellbeing. The target of repeated acts of intimidation by anonymous animal rights activists because of his own research, Morrison is himself an animal advocate, and this volume is the culmination of his years spent negotiating the treacherous divide between a legitimate concern for animals and the importance of biomedical research. Drawing on the disciplines of philosophy, history, biology, and animal behavior, Morrison crafts a multi-faceted argument in favor of using animals humanely in research, the center of which is his staunch belief that human interests must be the primary concern of science and society. Along the way, Morrison delves into other human uses of animals in domains such as agriculture, hunting, and education, examining each use along with its philosophical, moral, and ecological implications. The result is a thought-provoking, intelligent and fair-minded discussion of a charged subject-- of the past and present of animals' relationships with humans, and how and why we should be able to use them as we do.
Author | : David Michael Wieger |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 202 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Adventure and adventurers |
ISBN | : 0743225007 |
In the grand tradition of Rien Poortvliet's "Gnomes," James Gurney's "Dinotopia," and Brian Froud's "Good Faeries/Bad Faeries" comes a masterpiece of fantasy artQa brilliantly original world that comes to life through illustrations of remarkable beauty and richness. One of the premier creature designers in the world, Whitlatch's creations have appeared in such films as Jumanji and Dragonheart, and Star Wars: Episode One. 0-7432-2500-7$29.95 / Simon & Schuster
Author | : John Heath |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 402 |
Release | : 2005-05-12 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1139443917 |
When considering the question of what makes us human, the ancient Greeks provided numerous suggestions. This book argues that the defining criterion in the Hellenic world, however, was the most obvious one: speech. It explores how it was the capacity for authoritative speech which was held to separate humans from other animals, gods from humans, men from women, Greeks from non-Greeks, citizens from slaves, and the mundane from the heroic. John Heath illustrates how Homer's epics trace the development of immature young men into adults managing speech in entirely human ways and how in Aeschylus' Oresteia only human speech can disentangle man, beast, and god. Plato's Dialogues are shown to reveal the consequences of Socratically imposed silence. With its examination of the Greek focus on speech, animalization, and status, this book offers new readings of key texts and provides significant insights into the Greek approach to understanding our world.
Author | : Chris Garver |
Publisher | : Get Creative 6 |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2017-05-02 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9781942021568 |
The second coloring book from celebrated tattoo artist Chris Garver--star of Miami Ink. Come along on a coloring safari Featuring a wide array of animals and environments, Animal Odyssey offers the same graceful imagery and distinctive elements that have made Chris Garver a breakout star. Garver's fans will love filling in his new collection of illustrations, which beautifully blend the familiar and fantastic.
Author | : Virginia Morell |
Publisher | : Crown Publishing Group (NY) |
Total Pages | : 306 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : Animal behavior |
ISBN | : 0307461440 |
Explores the frontiers of research on animal cognition and emotion, offering a surprising examination into the hearts and minds of wild and domesticated animals.
Author | : Philippa Perry |
Publisher | : World Book |
Total Pages | : 38 |
Release | : 1961-12 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780716645016 |
It's the weirdest and wildest menagerie ever to strut across a page.
Author | : No Voice Unheard |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Animal rescue |
ISBN | : 9780972838757 |
Stories and photographs of rescued farm animals, their rescuers and caregivers. Ninety-five is the average number of animals spared annually by one person's vegan diet.
Author | : Paul Waldau |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 2013-02-11 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0199968403 |
Animal studies is a growing interdisciplinary field that incorporates scholarship from public policy, sociology, religion, philosophy, and many other areas. In essence, it seeks to understand how humans study and conceive of other-than-human animals, and how these conceptions have changed over time, across cultures, and across different ways of thinking. This interdisciplinary introduction to the field boldly and creatively foregrounds the realities of nonhuman animals, as well as the imaginative and ethical faculties that humans must engage to consider our intersection with living beings outside of our species. It also compellingly demonstrates that the breadth and depth of thinking and humility needed to grasp the human-nonhuman intersection has the potential to expand the dualism that currently divides the sciences and humanities. As the first holistic survey of the field, Animal Studies is essential reading for any student of human-animal relationships and for all people who care about the role nonhuman animals play in our society.
Author | : Christina Fisanick |
Publisher | : Greenhaven Publishing LLC |
Total Pages | : 227 |
Release | : 2011-03-25 |
Genre | : Young Adult Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 0737760095 |
In Hinduism, cows are sacred, respected, and treated as a motherly giving animal. The thought of eating them or using their skin for accessories is sickening. So many cultures across the globe have their own understandings of animal welfare. This fantastic collection of essays shares international beliefs about animals and animal welfare. Essays includes speeches, government documents, and articles from international magazines and news sources. Readers will explore global perspectives about cultural and religious views on animal rights. They will evaluate animal welfare in relation to biomedical research. Essays examine the world food industry. The last chapter covers animal ownership and welfare in various cultures.