The Ethics of Captivity
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 3 July 2014
- ISBN 9780199977994
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages288 pages
- Size 160x239x20 mm
- Weight 539 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 12 illus. 0
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Short description:
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 these issues in fifteen new essays.
MoreLong description:
In the United States 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. Surprisingly, despite the rich ethical questions it raises, very little philosophical attention has been paid to questions raised by captivity.
Though conditions of captivity vary widely for humans and for other animals, there are common ethical themes that imprisonment raises, including the value of liberty, the nature of autonomy, the meaning of dignity, and the impact of routine confinement on physical and psychological well-being. This volume brings together scholars, scientists, and sanctuary workers to address in fifteen new essays the ethical issues captivity raises. Section One contains chapters written by those with expert knowledge about particular conditions of captivity and includes discussion of how captivity is experienced by dogs, whales and dolphins, elephants, chimpanzees, rabbits, formerly farmed animals, and human prisoners. Section Two contains chapters by philosophers and social theorists that reflect on the social, political, and ethical issues raised by captivity, including discussions about confinement, domestication, captive breeding for conservation, the work of moral repair, dignity and an ethics of sight, and the role that coercion plays.
Combining heartfelt but sober descriptions of the captivity experiences of several animal species (including elephants and chimpanzees) and of human prisoners with examinations of the ethical problems captivity raises, these essays significantly challenge a range of practices that most people take for granted This collection has much to offer ... recommended.
Table of Contents:
Acknowledgements
Contributors
Introduction -- Lori Gruen
Section One
1. "Canis Familiaris: Companion and Captive" -- Alexandra Horowitz
2. "Cetacean Captivity" -- Lori Marino
3. "Captive Elephants" -- Catherine Doyle
4. "Captive Chimpanzees" - Stephen R. Ross
5. "Rabbits in Captivity" -- Margo DeMello
6. "Captivity in the Context of a Sanctuary for Formerly Farmed Animals" -- Miriam Jones
7. "Life Behind Bars" -- John Bryant, James Davis, David Haywood, Clyde Meikle, Andre Pierce
8. "Political Captivity" -- Lauren Gazzola
Section Two
9. "For their Own Good: Captive Cats and Routine Confinement"-- Clare Palmer and Peter Sandoe
10. "Born in Chains? The Ethics of Domestication" -- Alasdair Cochrane
11. "The Confinement of Laboratory Animals: Ethical and Conceptual Issues" -- Robert Strieffer
12. "Captive for Life: Conserving Extinct Species through Ex Situ Breeding" -- Irus Braveman
13. "Sanctuary, Not Remedy: The Problem of Captivity and the Need for Moral Repair" -- Karen S. Emmerman
14. "Dignity, Captivity, and an Ethics of Sight" -- Lori Gruen
15. "Captivity and Coercion" -- Lisa Rivera
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