Animal ethics

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Animal ethics is a term used in academia to describe human-animal relationships and how animals ought to be treated. The subject matter includes animal rights, animal welfare, animal law, speciesism, animal cognition, wildlife conservation, the moral status of nonhuman animals, the concept of nonhuman personhood, human exceptionalism, the history of animal use, and theories of justice.[1]

See also

Notes

  1. Beauchamp, Tom L. "Introduction," in Tom L. Beauchamp and R.G. Frey. The Oxford Handbook of Animal Ethics. Oxford University Press, 2011.
    • Schaffner, Joan E. An Introduction to Animals and the Law. Palgrave MacMillan, 2011, p. xvii

Further reading

  • Frasch, Pamela D. et al. Animal Law in a Nutshell. West, 2010.
  • Gruen, Lori. Ethics and Animals: An Introduction. Cambridge University Press, 2011.
  • Rowlands, Mark. Animals Like Us. Verso, 2002.
  • Sunstein, Cass R. and Nussbaum, Martha (eds). Animal Rights: Current Debates and New Directions. Oxford University Press, 2005.
  • Wagman, Bruce A.; Waisman, Sonia S.; Frasch, Pamela D. Animal Law: Cases and Materials. Carolina Academic Press, 2009.
  • Waldau, Paul. "Animal Rights: What Everyone Needs to Know". Oxford University Press, 2011.


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