The ethics of captivity

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In the US roughly 2 million people are incarcerated; billions of animals are held captive (and then killed) in the food industry every year; hundreds of thousands of animals are kept in laboratories; thousands are in zoos and aquaria; millions of 'pets' are captive in our homes. Though conditions of captivity vary widely for humans and for other animals, there are common ethical themes that imprisonment raises. This volume brings together scholars, scientists, and sanctuary workers to address t…

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Full title :The ethics of captivity / edited by Lori Gruen.

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Publication Date:©2014

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
Place of Publication:New York, NY
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2014

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (xii, 276 pages) : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780199375172, 0199375178, 9780199978014, 0199978018
oclc:ocn881611652
LC Classification:HV4708
Dewey Decimal:179/.3

Canis familiaris: Companion and Captive / Alexandra Horowitz -- Cetacean Captivity / Lori Marino -- Captive Elephants / Catherine Doyle -- Captive Chimpanzees / Stephen R. Ross -- Rabbits in Captivity / Margo DeMello -- Captivity in the Context of Sanctuary for Formerly Farmed Animals / Miriam Jones -- Life Behind Bars / John Bryant, James Davis, David Haywood, Clyde Meikle, and Andre Pierce -- Political Captivity / Lauren Gazzola -- For Their Own Good: Captive Cats and Routine Confinement / Clare Palmer and Peter Sandoe -- Born in Chains? The Ethics of Animal Domestication / Alasdair Cochrane -- The Confinement of Animals Used in Laboratory Research: Conceptual and Ethical Issues / Robert Streiffer -- Captive for Life: Conserving Extinct in the Wild Species through Ex Situ Breeding / Iris Braverman -- Sanctuary, Not Remedy: The Problem of Captivity and Need for Moral Repair / Karen S. Emmerman -- Dignity, Captivity, and an Ethics of Sight / Lori Gruen -- Coercian and Captivity / Lisa Rivera.

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Animal rights Animaux -- Droits Autonomie Autonomy Captivité -- Aspect moral Captivity -- Moral and ethical aspects Dignité Dignity Djurrätt Einschließung Ethik Gefangenschaft PHILOSOPHY -- Ethics & Moral Philosophy Unfreiheit