General introduction : animal ethics : a sketch of how it developed and where it is now.
Theories of animal ethics. The case for animal rights / Tom Regan -- Reply to Tom Regan / Carl Cohen -- For an expanded theory of human rights / Paola Cavalieri -- Practical ethics / Peter Singer -- Animal rights and feminist theory / Josephine Donovan -- Rights, interests, desires and beliefs / R.G. Frey -- Equal consideration and unequal moral status / David DeGrazia -- Annotated further reading -- Study questions.
Animal capacities : pain, emotion, consciousness. Methods of study. Scientific ideology, anthropomorphism, anecdote, and ethics / Bernard E. Rollin ; Reflections / Barbara Smuts -- Pain. The myth of animal suffering / Bob Bermond ; Animal pain / Bernard E. Rollin ; How facts matter / Gary Varner -- Animal emotions. Animal minds and animal emotions / Marian Stamp Dawkins ; A passionate devotion / Cynthia Moss ; The rat will play / Jaak Panksepp ; Love was once a little boy / D.H. Lawrence -- Consciousness and cognition. Animals minds : beyond cognition to consciousness / Donald R. Griffin -- Annotated further reading -- Study questions.
Primates and cetaceans. Primates. Deep ethology, animal rights, and the great ape/animal project : resisting speciesism and expanding the community of equals / Marc Bekoff ; Ape consciousness, human consciousness : a perspective informed by language and culture / Sue Savage-Rumbaugh, William M. Fields, and Jared Taglialatela ; Cultures in chimpanzees / A. Whiten [and others] ; Are apes persons? : the case for primate intersubjectivity / Juan Carlos Gomez ; The chimpanzee at Stanford / Fran Peavey ; Problems faced by wild and captive chimpanzees : finding solutions / Jane Goodall -- Cetaceans. Culture in whales and dolphins / Luke Rendell and Hal Whitehead ; Exploring the cognitive world of the bottlenosed dolphin / Louis M. Herman ; Is a dolphin a person? / Mary Midgley -- Annotated further reading -- Study questions.
Animals for food. Animals for food. Meat-eating / David DeGrazia ; Thinking like animals / Temple Grandin ; A major change / Temple Grandin ; Animal agriculture : myths and facts / Animal Agriculture Alliance ; Lives of quiet desperation / Françoise Wemelsfelder ; Five arguments for vegetarianism / William O. Stephens ; The rape of animals, the butchering of women / Carol J. Adams ; A feminist critique of ethical vegetarianism / Kathryn Paxton George -- Religious perspectives. Judaism / Norman Solomon ; Enhancing the divine image / Stephen Fuchs ; The Bible and killing for food / Andrew Linzey ; Islam / Martin Forward and Mohamed Alam ; India's sacred cow : her plight and future / Michael W. Fox -- Annotated further reading -- Study questions.
Animal experimentation. Laboratory studies. The case for animal rights / Tom Regan ; The ethics of animal research : what are the prospects for agreement? / David DeGrazia ; Defending animal research : an international perspective / Baruch A. Brody -- Field studies. The ethics of ecological field experimentation / Elizabeth J. Farnsworth and Judy Rosovsky ; Ethics and experimentation : hard choices for the field ornithologist / Stephen T. Emlen -- Regulating animal experimentation. Ethical themes of national regulations governing animal experiments : an international perspective / F. Barbara Orlans -- Animals in education. Summary of recommendations / Jonathan Balcombe ; Humane education : the role of animal-based learning / Andrew J. Petto, Karla D. Russell -- Annotated further reading -- Study questions.
Animals and biotechnology. Ethics of genetic engineering. Genetic engineering and animal welfare / Donald Bruce, Ann Bruce ; Animal genetic manipulation : a utilitarian response / Kevin R. Smith ; The inevitability of animal biotechnology? : ethics and the scientific attitude / Jeffery Burkhardt -- Telos. On Telos and genetic engineering / Bernard E. Rollin ; Brave new birds : the use of 'animal integrity' in animal ethics / Bernice Bovenkerk, Frans W.A. Brom, and Babs J. van den Bergh -- Xenotransplantation. Organs for transplant : animals, moral standing, and one view of the ethics of xenotransplantation / R.G. Frey ; Xenografts and animals rights / Gary L. Francione -- Cloning of endangered species. Cloning advances and challenges for conservation / Oliver A. Ryder -- Annotated further reading -- Study questions.
Ethics and wildlife. General theories. The philosophical value of wildlife / J. Baird Callicott -- Hunting. Red legs kicking / Aldo Leopold ; The killing game : an ecofeminist critique of hunting / Marti Kheel ; Environmental ethics and trophy hunting / Alastair S. Gunn -- Protectionism. Can animal rights activists be environmentalists? / Gary E. Varner -- Rehabilitation and introduction of captive wildlife. Thinking like an ecosystem : the ethics of the relocation, rehabilitation, and release of wildlife / Glenn Albrecht ; Wildlife rehabilitation : is it significant? / Gary E. Duke -- Exotic species. Exotic species, naturalisation [i.e. naturalization], and biological nativism / Ned Hettinger -- Annotated further reading -- Study questions.
Zoos, aquariums, and animals in entertainment. Zoos and aquariums. Orcas and dolphins in captivity / Randall L. Eaton ; Are zoos morally defensible? / Tom Regan ; Ethical considerations in zoo and aquarium research / Michael Hutchins, Betsy Dresser, and Chris Wemmer ; Zoos and the rights of animals / Donald G. Lindburg ; Opportunities lost : zoos and the marsupial that tried to be a wolf / Chris Wemmer -- Rodeos and other entertainment. Animals in entertainment : racing, riding, and fighting / Rod Preece and Lorna Chamberlain -- Rodeo and recollection : applied ethics and Western philosophy / Bernard E. Rollin -- Annotated further reading -- Study questions.
Animal companions. Affection's claim / Konrad Lorenz -- Dogmatisms and catechisms : ethics and companion animals / Bernard E. Rollin, and Michael D.H. Rollin -- The pet world / Paul Shepard -- Hand-raising a rhino in the wild / Anna Merz -- Living with animals / Freya Mathews -- Protecting children and animals from abuse : a trans-species concept of caring / James Garbarino -- The welfare of assistance and therapy animals : an ethical comment / James Serpell, Raymond Coppinger, and Aubrey H. Fine -- The use of seizure-alert dogs / Stephen W. Brown and Val Strong -- Annotated further reading -- Study questions.
Animal law/animal activism. A great shout : legal rights for great apes / Steven M. Wise -- Book review : Battling the cage : toward legal rights for animals by Steven M. Wise / Richard A. Posner -- The dangerous claims of the animal rights movement / Richard A. Epstein -- Every sparrow that falls : understanding animal rights activism as functional religion / Wesley V. Jamison, Caspar Wenk, and James V. Parker -- Understanding animal rights violence / Tom Regan -- Civil disobedience : a case study in factors of effectiveness / Courtney L. Dillard -- In your face : from actor to activist / Chris DeRose -- Ten ways to make a difference / Peter Singer -- Annotated further reading -- Study questions.
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