Why animal suffering matters : philosophy, theology, and practical ethics / Andrew Linzey

• Introduction : reason, ethics, and animals -- pt. I. Making the rational case -- 1. Why animal suffering matters morally -- 1.1. Differences and morally relevant differences -- 1.2. Examining the differences -- 1.3. A test case : human infants -- 1.4. Reconfiguring the differences and their relevance -- 1.5. Children and animals as special cases -- 1.6. A theological justification -- 1.7. Christ-like suffering -- 1.8. Summary of main points -- 2. How we minimise animal suffering and how we can change -- 2.1. Confronting the powers -- 2.2. Moral change and resistance to change -- 2.3. Cultivating and institutionalising critical awareness -- 2.4. Vision and practicalities -- 2.5. Summary of main points -- pt. II. Three practical critiques -- 3. First case : hunting with dogs -- 3.1. The drawn-out debate -- 3.2. The oddness of the Burns Report -- 3.3. Flawed methodology -- 3.4. Suffering? What suffering? -- 3.5. Addressing the moral issue -- 3.6. Pleasure in suffering -- 3.7. Hunting as anti-social behaviour -- 3.8. The "no control" control -- 3.9. Licensing versus abolition -- 3.10. Conclusion -- 3.11. Summary of main points -- 4. Second case : fur farming -- 4.1. Increasing legislation against fur farming -- 4.2. Fur farming, harm, and suffering -- 4.3. Animals as a special moral case -- 4.4. Law and the protection of the weak -- 4.5. Absence of moral justification -- 4.6. Answers to objections -- 4.7. Conclusion : no alternative to abolition -- 4.8. Summary of main points -- 5. Third case : commercial sealing -- 5.1. First claim : the hunt is humane -- 5.2. Second claim : seal pups are not killed -- 5.3. Third claim : the hunt is tightly regulated -- 5.4. Fourth claim : hunting is for survival -- 5.5. Seals as economic commodities -- 5.6. The problem of partisan governments -- 5.7. Trade embargoes on seal products -- 5.8. Concluding assessment -- 5.9. Summary of main points -- 6. Conclusion : re-establishing animals and children as a common cause, and six objections considered -- 6.1. Singer, infants, and animals -- 6.2. Rejecting institutionalised suffering -- 6.3. Killing, rights, and suffering -- 6.4. Common vulnerabilities -- 6.5. Summary of main points -- Notes -- Index. 

Ämnesord

Animal welfare  -- Moral and ethical aspects. (LCSH)

Djurrätt  (sao)

ethics  (agrovoc)

animal rights  (agrovoc)

pain  (agrovoc)

animal welfare  (agrovoc)

legislation  (agrovoc)

value systems  (agrovoc)

philosophy  (agrovoc)

Animal rights  (LCSH)

Klassifikation

HV4708 (LCC)

179.3 (DDC)

179/.3 (DDC)

Dgug (kssb/8)