Animal Ethics for Veterinarians

by Andrew Linzey (Editor), Clair Linzey (Editor), Journal of Animal Ethics (Other), Judith Benz-Schwarzburg (Contribution by), Vanessa Carli Bones (Contribution by)

Overview

Veterinarians serve on the front lines working to prevent animal suffering and abuse. For centuries, their compassion and expertise have improved the quality of life and death for animals in their care. However, modern interest in animal rights has led more and more people to ask questions about the ethical considerations that lie behind common veterinary practices. This Common Threads volume, drawn from articles originally published in the Journal of Animal Ethics (JAE), offers veterinarians and other interested readers a primer on key issues in the field. Essays in the first section discuss aspects of veterinary oaths, how advances in animal cognition science factor into current ethical debates, and the rise of complementary and alternative veterinary medicine and its relationship to traditional veterinary medicine. The second section continues with an essay that addresses why veterinarians have an obligation to educate animal caregivers to look past "cuteness" in order to treat all animals with dignity. The collection closes with three short sections focusing on animals in farming, trade, and research ”areas where veterinarians encounter conflicts between their job and their duty to advocate and care for animals. Contributors: Judith Benz-Schwarzburg, Vanessa Carli Bones, Grace Clement, Simon Coghlan, Priscilla N. Cohn, Mark J. Estren, Elisa Galgut, Eleonora Gullone, Matthew C. Halteman, Andrew Knight, Drew Leder, Andrew Linzey, Clair Linzey, Kay Peggs, Megan Schommer, Clifford Warwick, and James W. Yeates.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780252050206
Publisher:	University of Illinois Press
Publication date:	08/15/2017
Series:	Common Threads
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	222
File size:	656 KB

About the Author

Andrew Linzey is the director of the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics. He has written or edited twenty books, including Animal Theology and The Global Guide to Animal Protection. Clair Linzey is the deputy director of the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics and assistant editor of the Journal of Animal Ethics .

Table of Contents

Cover Title Copyright Contents Introduction: Veterinarians and Animal Ethics / Andrew Linzey and Clair Linzey 1. An Ethical Oath for Veterinarians / Andrew Linzey and Priscilla N. Cohn 2. The Emergence of Veterinary Oaths: Social, Historical, and Ethical Considerations / Vanessa Carli Bones and James W. Yeates 3. Cognitive Relatives yet Moral Strangers? / Judith Benz-Schwarzburg and Andrew Knight 4. Opening the Door: Non-veterinarians and the Practice of Complementary and Alternative Veterinary Medicine / Megan Schommer 5. An Evaluative Review of Theories Related to Animal Cruelty / Eleonora Gullone 6. Risk Factors for the Development of Animal Cruelty / Eleonora Gullone 7. The Neoteny Barrier: Seeking Respect for the Non-Cute / Mark J. Estren 8. “Pets or Meat”? Ethics and Domestic Animals / Grace Clement 9. Varieties of Harm to Animals in Industrial Farming / Matthew C. Halteman 10. Old McDonald’s Had a Farm: The Metaphysics of Factory Farming / Drew Leder 11. Australia and Live Animal Export: Wronging Nonhuman Animals / Simon Coghlan 12. The Morality of the Reptile “Pet” Trade / Clifford Warwick 13. Transgenic Animals, Biomedical Experiments, and “Progress” / Kay Peggs 14. Raising the Bar in the Justification of Animal Research / Elisa Galgut About the Editors and Contributors