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Human/Animal Relationships in Transformation

Scientific, Moral and Legal Perspectives

Palgrave Macmillan
  • Provides an up-to date examination of the transformation of human/animal relationship

  • Develops future perspectives towards the transformation of human attitudes to other animals

  • Contextualises ideas and practices of animal welfare in different contexts of human/animal interaction

Part of the book series: The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series (PMAES)

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxvii
  2. Introduction

    • Simone Pollo, Augusto Vitale
    Pages 1-6
  3. Philosophy and Ethics of Human Animal/Relationships

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7
  4. Recognising Transformations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 339-339

About this book

The ethics of human/animal relationships is a growing field of academic research and a topic for public discussion and regulatory interventions from law-makers, governments and private institutions. Human/animal relationships are in transformation and understanding the nature of this process is crucial for all those who believe that the enlargement of moral and legal recognition to nonhuman animals is part of contemporary moral and political progress. Understanding the nature of this process means analysing and critically discussing the philosophical, scientific and legal concepts and arguments embedded in it. This book contributes to the discussion by bringing together the ideas and reflections of leading experts from different disciplinary backgrounds and with a range of scientific perspectives.

This book both provides an up-to-date examination of the transformation of human/animal relationships and presents ideas to foster this process.

Keywords

  • Animal experimentation
  • Assisted animal intervention
  • Ethology
  • Farm animals
  • Pets

Editors and Affiliations

  • Center for Behavioural Sciences and Mental Health, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy

    Augusto Vitale

  • Department of Philosophy, Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy

    Simone Pollo

About the editors

Augusto Vitale is Researcher at the Center for Behavioural Sciences and Mental Health at the Istituto Superiore di Sanità in Rome. His interests focus on behavioural primatology and issues related to animal experimentation. He is the author of the book Le scimmie si raccontano? Passioni e dubbi dell’etologia (2016).

Simone Pollo is Associate Professor of Moral Philosophy at the Department of Philosophy at Sapienza University of Rome. He is the author of two monographs (in Italian) on animal ethics: Umani e animali. Questioni di etica (2016) and Manifesto per un animalismo democratico (2021).


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Human/Animal Relationships in Transformation

  • Book Subtitle: Scientific, Moral and Legal Perspectives

  • Editors: Augusto Vitale, Simone Pollo

  • Series Title: The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-85277-1

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-85276-4Published: 12 February 2022

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-85279-5Published: 12 February 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-85277-1Published: 11 February 2022

  • Series ISSN: 2634-6672

  • Series E-ISSN: 2634-6680

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXVII, 403

  • Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Animal Ethics, Moral Philosophy and Applied Ethics, Normative Ethics, Social Philosophy

Buying options

eBook USD 139.00
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  • ISBN: 978-3-030-85277-1
  • Instant PDF download
  • Readable on all devices
  • Own it forever
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  • Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout
Softcover Book USD 179.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
Hardcover Book USD 179.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)