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Auteur(s) : Dawkins, Marian Stamp
Titre(s) : Why animals matter [Texte imprimé] : animal consciousness, animal welfare, and human well-being / Marian Stamp Dawkins
Publication : New York (N.Y.) : Oxford university press, 2012
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (VII-209 p.) ; 23 cm
Comprend : No room on the agenda ; Seduced by words ; The trouble with anthropomorphism ;
Why consciousness is harder than you think ; Consciousness unexplained ; Emotional
turmoil ; Animal welfare without consciousness ; The two pillars of animal welfare
; What animals want ; Animal welfare for a small planet.
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. 185-206. Index
In this book the author presents an illuminating and urgent argument for the need
to rethink animal welfare. In the vein of Temple Grandin's work, the author explains
that this welfare must be made to work in practice to have any effect, and cannot
be tinged by anthropomorphism and claims of animal consciousness, which lack firm
empirical evidence and are often freighted with controversy and high emotions. Instead,
animal-welfare efforts must focus on science and on fully appreciating the critical
role animals play in human welfare. With growing concern over such issues as climate
change and food shortages, how we treat those animals on which we depend for survival
needs to be put squarely on the public agenda. The author seeks to do this by offering
a more complete understanding of how animals help us. In the end, it is human self-interest
that will drive changes in our treatment of animals. Taking positions that might surprise
and will certainly challenge animal lovers, she presents a persuasive argument for
why animals truly matter. -- From publisher's website
Sujet(s) : Éthologie
Animaux -- Protection
Relations homme-animal
Conscience animale
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780199587827. - ISBN 9780199747511. - ISBN 0199747512. - ISBN 9787481473004.
- ISBN 7481473005 (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb451464221
Notice n° :
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