A ‘trans-species carceral geography’of industrialized violence, discussing, e.g., the prison death row/execution chamber and the animal slaughterhouse; sites of laboratory testing of pharmaceutical and other products on incarcerated humans and captive animals; sites of exploited prisoner and animal labor; and the prison solitary confinement cell and the zoo cage.
Brings together academics and activists to theorize on human-animal relations, animal advocacy, and the factors underlying exploitative behaviors towards animals that are in apparent contradiction to stated attitudes of care and compassion. In particular, using the social and behavorial sciences, this book examines how our thinking about animals is connected to our thinking about human intergroup relations and the dehumanization of human groups.
Using concepts from moral and political philosophy, argues that we have a duty to research safe ways of providing large-scale assistance to wild animals, including, potentially, genetic engineering.
A historical and contemporary analysis of veganism as a rising socio-political force as well as our future co-existence with other animals based in concepts derived from geography, critical animal studies and feminist theory.
Examines the arguments for veganism as a moral imperative and determines that, while there are good reasons for such a move, they are not strong enough to support that conclusion, while nevertheless determining that we have a collective obligation not to farm animals.
A series of dialogues between two college students – a meat-eater and an ethical vegetarian – regarding the ethical questions that arise in contemplating the consumption of animal bodies as well as why the ethical arguments, even when accepted, do not necessarily change behavior, and how vegans should interact with non-vegans.
This compilation of 35 chapters by contributors drawn from across the world and from a wide variety of religious traditions looks at the role religion plays in the formation of ethics regarding animals.
Examines the impacts that agriculture, particularly but not exclusively industrial animal agriculture, has on humans, animals, and the environment, and considers them specifically in the light of ethical considerations regarding food production, consumption, and activism.