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• Introduction.- Experimentation on AnimalsThe priciples of Human Experimental Technique by W.M.S. Russel and R.L. Burch, published 1959.- Intensive Farming IndustryAnimal Machines - The New Factory Farming Industry by Ruth Harrison, published 1964.- Immortality of Man's Treatment of AnimalsAnimal Liberation - Towards an End to Man's Inhumanity to Animals by Peter Singer, published 1975.- History of Challenges to SpeciesismAnimal Revolution - Changing Attitudes Towards Speciesism by Richard Ryder, published 1989.- Science of Animal Behaviour and WelfareAnimal Welfare - A Cool Eye Towards Eden by John Webster, published 1995.- Practical Ethics in Achievement of Direct ReformEthics into Action - Henry Spira and the Animal Rights Movement by Peter Singer, published 1998.- Politics of Animal ProtectionPolitical Animals - Animal Protection Politics in Britain and the United States by Roger Garner, published 1998.- Legislative Enactment for Animal Protection, Animal Welfare Law in Britain - Regulation and Responsibility by Mike Radford, published 2001.- Conclusions.
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This book examines the contents, influence, and potential of a personal selection of modern books published over the last fifty years that have been relevant to improving welfare. The works selected comprise three earlier classics that mainly deal with animal experimentation and intensive farming, as well as five that concentrate on specific subject areas, namely history, science, applied ethics, politics and law, that are important to protecting the welfare of animals against suffering inflicted by humans. The books are arranged in the order of their publication date, and for each one a few related works are also mentioned or discussed. This collection provides a broad understanding of animal protection issues, and provides the necessary basis for an informed and comprehensive approach to improving the welfare of animals. The books selected have been influential and they have the potential to improve animal welfare in the future.
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In this provocative inquiry into the status of animals in human society from the fifth century BC to the present, Rod Preece provides a wholly new perspective on the human-animal relationship. Brute Souls, Happy Beasts, and Evolution traces the historical status of animals in western civilization, and shows that current scholarship in this area is seriously deficient. Preece particularly contests the customary claims: that the Christian doctrine has denied immortality to animals, with the corresponding implication that they were thereby denied ethical consideration; that there was a near universal belief animals were intended for human use, with the corresponding implication that they were not ends in themselves, and were thus not entitled to ethical consideration; that Charles Darwin's theory of evolution had a profoundly positive impact on the way in which nonhuman animals were regarded and treated; and that the idea of the "happy beast" was merely a trope to condemn humans for their hubris and was not at all a sincere attempt to raise the status of animals. Rod Preece believes that our ethical responsibilities to animals are ill served by the current simplistic and misleading conception of the historical record, and with this book, attempts a significant re-thinking of the human-animal perspective. Brute Souls, Happy Beasts, and Evolution will be required reading for those from animal scientists to animal philosophers to animal rights activists who have an interest in the history and philosophy of animal ethics. In contrast to prevailing intellectual opinion, Preece argues that a significant number of early Christians were vegetarian; that control of nature was often undertaken not at the expense of animals but, in part, out of exasperation at their tribulations; that the Cartesian conception of animals as automata was largely rejected, especially in the English-speaking world; that Darwin's theory of natural selection had no appreciable influence on the status of animals; and, finally, that "theriophily" - the notion of animal superiority over humans - was given greater credence than is commonly recognized.
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• Part 1 The past:The Ancient World-- The Christian Legacy-Medieval Attitudes-- The Renaissance and its Aftermath-- The Age of Enlightenment: The 18th century-- Time for Action-- Victorian Consolidation-- Edwardian Vigour and Post-War Apathy, 1900-1960-- Why Britain? Pain, Evolution and Security-- The International Movement, 1700-1960.
• Part 2 Modern Times-- the Revival of the Movement after 1960-- The Protection of Wildlife-- In the Laboratory-- On the Factory-Farm-- Violence and the Animal Liberation Front-- International Progress.
• Part 3 The Issues-- Speciesism.
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This is an historical survey of the relationship between human and non-human, covering the major campaigns for reform and reviewing the shifts in attitude from the earliest times to the present day. The author's concept "speciesism" earns a niche in the philosophical debate that has characterized the movement over the last 15 years. The book describes this philosophical aspect and also puts forward psychological and sociological explanations. Richard Ryder describes the modernization of the RSPCA - the world's largest and oldest animal welfare organization - and the part he has played in turning animal liberation into the internationally significant media and political issue it has now become.
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• Chapter 1. A long and complex struggle[-] The pioneering influence of the British model[-] Equivocal, evolving and cumulative engagements[-]
• Chapter 2. Noble gentleness, vile cruelty[-] The sensibility of distinguished men [-] The banning of repugnant spectacles [-]
• Chapter 3. To act as an enlightened philosopher [-] No sentimentality nor affectation [-] From the point of view of self-interest properly understood[-]
• Chapter 4. To enlighten the ignorant, to refine the barbarian[-] A soft pedagogy to prevent the crime [-] Discipline, reward and punish[-] Assisting the authorities [-]
• Chapter 5. "us ", the animals and " them "[-] Repulsive beasts.[-] Distinctive national virtues[-] The established, the challengers and the excluded[-]
• Chapter 6. The rise in the power of tenderness[-] Animality, equality, fraternity[-] A source of affection or a private refuge?[-] Imaginary bestiary and the cuddly toys of our childhood[-]
• Chapter 7. (Animal) victims and social domination[-] At the heart of the revolt against the strong[-] Expose the torturers, come to the aid of victims.[-] Emotions, counter-mobilisations, delegitimation.[-]
• Chapter 8. A decreasingly " wild " nature[-] From the exploitation of animals to their contemplation[-] Technological ferocity, industrial slavery[-] Bringing moral philosophy up to date.[-]Conclusion[-]Primary sources [-]Bibliography[-]A brief chronology.
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Animal rights, social movements, protest, emotion.
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When Richard Ryder coined the term 'speciesism' over two decades ago, the issue of animal rights was very much a minority concern that had associations with crankiness. Today, the animal rights movement is well-established across the globe and continues to gain momentum, with animal experimentation for medical research high on the agenda and very much in the news. This pioneering book - an historical survey of the relationship between humans and non-humans - paved the way for these developments. Revised, updated to include the movement's recent history and available in paperback for the first time, and now introducing Ryder's concept of 'painism', Animal Revolution is essential reading for anyone who cares about animals or humanity. Dr Richard D. Ryder is a psychologist, ethicist, historian and political campaigner. He is also a past chairman of the RSPCA. His other books include Victims of Science: The Use of Animals in Research, The Political Animal: The Conquest of Speciesism and Animal Welfare and the Environment (editor). As Mellon Professor, he taught Animal Welfare at Tulane University.
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• Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction
• 1 Educate Them Artistically
• 2 Bearing Witness
• 3 Imaginative Leaps
• 4 In the Public Eye
• 5 Advocacy at Home Conclusion: What Might Be Notes Bibliography Index.
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Animal rights activists today regularly use visual imagery in their efforts to shape the public's understanding of what it means to be "kind, " "cruel, " and "inhumane" toward animals. Art for Animals explores the early history of this form of advocacy through the images and the people who harnessed their power. Following in the footsteps of earlier-formed organizations like the RSPCA and ASPCA, animal advocacy groups such as the Victoria Street Society for the Protection of Animals from Vivisection made significant use of visual art in literature and campaign materials. But, enabled by new and improved technologies and techniques, they took the imagery much further than their predecessors did, turning toward vivid, pointed, and at times graphic depictions of human-animal interactions. Keri Cronin explains why the activist community embraced this approach, details how the use of such tools played a critical role in educational and reform movements in the United States, Canada, and England, and traces their impact in public and private spaces. Far from being peripheral illustrations of points articulated in written texts or argued in impassioned speeches, these photographs, prints, paintings, exhibitions, "magic lantern" slides, and films were key components of animal advocacy at the time, both educating the general public and creating a sense of shared identity among the reformers. Uniquely focused on imagery from the early days of the animal rights movement and filled with striking visuals, Art for Animals sheds new light on the history and development of modern animal advocacy.
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• Une cause ancienne et complexe
• Le modèle britannique et ses émules
• Des engagements équivoques, évolutifs et cumulatifs
• Noble douceur, vile cruauté
• La sensibilité des hommes distingués
• Proscrire les spectacles répugnants
• Agir en philanthrope éclairé
• Ni sentimentalité ni affectation
• Du point de vue de l'intérêt bien entendu
• Éclairer l'ignorance, polir la barbarie
• Une pédagogie de la douceur pour prévenir le crime
• Surveiller, récompenser et punir
• Des auxiliaires des pouvoirs publics
• " Nous ", les animaux et " Eux "
• Les figures repoussantes de la bestialité
• Des vertus nationales distinctives
• Établis, challengers et exclus
• La montée en puissance de la tendresse
• Animalité, égalité, fraternité
• L'animal d'affection ou le refuge de l'intimité
• Bestiaire imaginaire et peluches de l'enfance
• Victimes (animales) et domination sociale
• Au fond de la révolte contre les forts
• Démasquer les bourreaux, secourir les victimes
• Émotions, contre-mobilisation, délégitimation
• Une Nature de moins en moins " sauvage "
• De l'exploitation à la contemplation des espèces
• Férocité technologique, asservissements industriels
• L'aggiornamento de la philosophie morale.

"Souvent rabattue sur des stéréotypes réducteurs, la protection animale constitue une cause militante des plus anciennes et complexes. Du début du XIXe siècle jusqu'à nos jours, de multiples entrepreneurs de morale s'indignent du traitement que les hommes réservent aux bêtes et se mobilisent afin de corriger la brutalité de leurs contemporains. D'abord préoccupée par la cruauté à l'égard du bétail, ce n'est qu'à l'issue de longues péripéties que la protection animale s'étend aux animaux de compagnie et, bien plus tardivement encore, aux espèces sauvages et à leurs milieux naturels. En s'appuyant sur une comparaison franco-britannique, cet ouvrage retrace les inflexions successives à l'origine des multiples facettes qui caractérisent, aujourd'hui encore, la protection animale. Indissociables des évolutions de la philanthropie, bien antérieures à l'apparition des mots d'ordre de l'écologie, les mobilisations collectives en faveur du sort des animaux éclairent plusieurs processus cruciaux de notre histoire sociopolitique : évolution des sensibilités et des émotions socialement valorisées ; définition de la violence légitime ; constitution des normes visant à réformer les moeurs ; rivalité des élites se réclamant de diverses formes d'autorité ; influence des religions sur les engagements militants ; effets des discriminations de genre."--Page 4 of cover.

• Introduction : Tearing off the cloak of invisibility
• The roots of evil
• The challenge of Ahimsa
• The challenge comes west
• Judaism crafts a compromise
• Jesus vs. aristotle
• Secular offerings to a savage God
• A few rays of enlightenment
• "Pain is pain"
• "Harassing the lower orders"
• The great meddler
• The pit of despair
• Requiem for a little brown dog
• Ahimsa returns to the west
• One step forward, twenty steps back
• Heralds of change
• The age of the pioneers
• The sixties' last hurrah
• Direct action : striking back on land and sea
• Things fall apart
• But the center takes hold
• Conclusion : The dream and the work.

• Acknowledgments Introduction
• 1. Nomadic Pastoralism, Ranching, and Violence
• 2. Domesecration and the Americas
• 3. Ranching and Violence in North America
• 4. Domesecration in the Western Plains
• 5. Capitalist Colonialism and Ranching Violence
• 6. Social Construction of the "Hamburger" Culture
• 7. The "Hamburger" Culture and Latin America
• 8. Domesecration and Impending Catastrophe
• 9. New Welfarism Notes Index.
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Jared Diamond and other leading scholars have argued that the domestication of animals for food, labor, and tools of war has advanced the development of human society. But by comparing practices of animal exploitation for food and resources in different societies over time, David Nibert reaches a strikingly different conclusion. He finds in the domestication of animals, which he renames "domesecration, " a perversion of human ethics, the development of large-scale acts of violence, disastrous patterns of destruction, and growth-curbing epidemics of infectious disease. Nibert centers his study on nomadic pastoralism and the development of commercial ranching, a practice that has been largely controlled by elite groups and expanded with the rise of capitalism. Beginning with the pastoral societies of the Eurasian steppe and continuing through to the exportation of Western, meat-centered eating habits throughout today's world, Nibert connects the domesecration of animals to violence, invasion, extermination, displacement, enslavement, repression, pandemic chronic disease, and hunger. In his view, conquest and subjugation were the results of the need to appropriate land and water to maintain large groups of animals, and the gross amassing of military power has its roots in the economic benefits of the exploitation, exchange, and sale of animals. Deadly zoonotic diseases, Nibert shows, have accompanied violent developments throughout history, laying waste to whole cities, societies, and civilizations. His most powerful insight situates the domesecration of animals as a precondition for the oppression of human populations, particularly indigenous peoples, an injustice impossible to rectify while the material interests of the elite are inextricably linked to the exploitation of animals. Nibert links domesecration to some of the most critical issues facing the world today, including the depletion of fresh water, topsoil, and oil reserves; global warming; and world hunger, and he reviews the U.S. government's military response to the inevitable crises of an overheated, hungry, resource-depleted world. Most animal-advocacy campaigns reinforce current oppressive practices, Nibert argues. Instead, he suggests reforms that challenge the legitimacy of both domesecration and capitalism.
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• Chapter 1: Introduction-A Voice for Animals.-
• Chapter 2: `The Bible' of the Animal Movement: Peter Singer & Animal Liberation, 1970-76.-
• Chapter 3: The Creation of the Animal Movement, 1976-87.-
• Chapter 4: In the Corridors of Power, 1979-91.-
• Chapter 5: Direct Action! 1985-93.-
• Chapter 6: The Spectacle of Open Rescue, 1993-2011.-
• Chapter 7: `A Bloody Business': Lyn White & Transnational Investigative Campaigning, 2003-11.-
• Chapter 8: `Go Veg': Identity, Lifestyle & Culture, 1970-2015.-
• Chapter 9: Conclusion: The Legacy of the Animal Movement.
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This book offers the first transnational historical study of the creation, contention and consequences of the Australian animal movement. Largely inspired by Peter Singer and his 1975 book Animal Liberation, a new wave of animal activism emerged in Australia and across the world. In an effort to draw public and media attention to the plight of animals, such as the rearing of pigs and poultry in factory farms and the export of live animals to the Middle East and South East Asia, Australian activists were often innovative and provocative in how they made their claims. Through lobbying, disruptive methods, and vegan activism, the animal movement consistently contested the politics and culture of how animals were used and exploited. Australians not only observed and learnt from people and events overseas, but also played significant international roles. This book examines the complex and conflicting consequences of the animal movement for Australian politics, as well as its influence on broader social change.
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• Educate them artistically
• Bearing witness
• Imaginative leaps
• In the public eye
• Advocacy at home.

"Explores the ways in which visual imagery was used for animal advocacy campaigns in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and the ways in which these images were created, circulated, and consumed in a wide range of cultural contexts"--Provided by publisher.

• IntroductionI. Mind
• 1. The Crisis: The Denial of Reason to Animals
• 2. Perceptual Content Expanded
• 3. Concepts and Perceptual Appearance without Reason or Belief
• 4. Memory, Preparation, and Emotion without Rational Belief
• 5. Forms, Universals, and Abstraction in Animals
• 6. The Shifting Concept of Reason
• 7. Speech, Skills, Inference, and Other Proofs of Reason
• 8. Plants and AnimalsII. Morals
• 9. Responsibility, Justice, and Reason
• 10. Oikeiosis and Bonding between Rational Beings
• 11. Did the Greeks Have the Idea of Human or Animal Rights?
• 12. Anarchy and Contracts between Rational Beings
• 13. Religious Sacrifice and Meat-eating
• 14. Augustine on Irrational Animals and the Christian Tradition
• 15. The One-dimensionality of Ethical TheoriesPrincipal Protagonists Bibliography General index Index Locorum.
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"They don't have syntax, so we can eat them." According to Richard Sorabji, this conclusion attributed to the Stoic philosophers was based on Aristotle's argument that animals lack reason. In his fascinating, deeply learned book, Sorabji traces the roots of our thinking about animals back to Aristotelian and Stoic beliefs. Charting a recurrent theme in ancient philosophy of mind, he shows that today's controversies about animal rights represent only the most recent chapter in millennia-old debates. Sorabji surveys a vast range of Greek philosophical texts and considers how classical discussions of animals' capacities intersect with central questions, not only in ethics but in the definition of human rationality as well: the nature of concepts; how perceptions differ from beliefs; how memory, intention, and emotion relate to reason; and to what extent speech, skills, and inference can serve as proofs of reason. Focusing on the significance of ritual sacrifice and the eating of meat, he explores religious contexts of the treatment of animals in ancient Greece and in medieval Western Christendom. He also looks closely at the contemporary defenses of animal rights offered by Peter Singer, Tom Regan, and Mary Midgley. Animal Minds and Human Morals sheds new light on traditional arguments surrounding the status of animals while pointing beyond them to current moral dilemmas. It will be crucial reading for scholars and students in the fields of ancient philosophy, ethics, history of philosophy, classics, and medieval studies, and for everyone seriously concerned about our relationship with other species.
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• Preface - Charlotte Roberts
• 1. Introduction William Southwell-Wright, Rebecca Gowland and Lindsay Powell
• Section 1: Care and the Life Course
• 2. Childcare in the Past Mary Lewis
• 3. The "Terrible Tyranny of the Majority": Recognising Population Variability and Individual Agency in Past Infant Feeding Practices Ellen Kendall
• 4.-Precious Things: Examining the Status and Care of Children in Late Medieval England Through the analysis of Cultural and Biological Markers Heidi Dawson
• 5. "That Tattered Coat Upon a Stick the Ageing Body": Evidence for Elder Marginalisation and Abuse in Roman Britain Rebecca L. Gowland
• Section 2: Care Impairment and Disability
• 6. The Palaeolithic Compassion Debate - Alternative Projections of Modern Day Disability into the Distant Past Nick Thorpe
• 7. Setting the Scene for an Evolutionary Approach to Care in Prehistory: A Historical and Philosophical Journey David Doat
• 8. "A Long Waiting for Death": Dependency and the Care of the Disabled in a Nineteenth Century Asylum Shawn Phillips
• 9 Prayers and Poultices: Medieval Health Care at the Isle of May, Scotland. C. AD 430-1580 Marlo Willows
• Section 3: Animal and Plant Evidence for Care
• 10. Towards a Zooarchaeology of Animal `Care' Richard Thomas
• 11. Rare Secrets of Physicke: Insect Medicaments in Historical Western Society Gary King
• 12. Conclusion Lindsay Powell, William Southwell-Wright, Rebecca Gowland.
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Care-giving is an activity that has been practiced by all human societies. From the earliest societies through to the present, all humans have faced choices regarding how people in positions of dependency are to be treated. As such, care-giving, and the form it takes, is a central experience of being a human and one that is culturally mediated. Archaeology has tended to marginalise the study of care, and debates surrounding our ability to recognise it within the archaeological record have often remained implicit rather than a focus of discussion. In order to address this, the 12 papers in this volume bring together archaeological, historical, and philosophical perspectives to examine the topic of care in past societies, and how we might recognise the provision of care in archaeological contexts. The topic of care is examined through three different strands: care throughout the life course, namely that provided to the youngest and oldest members of society; care-giving and attitudes towards impairment and disability; and the role of animals as both recipients of care and as tools for its provision.
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