11. The Post-Darwinian Transition, by David Pearce
'First generation' work on animal ethics was written by
utilitarians, most notably Peter Singer ( animal Liberation
1975 rev. ed. 1995); and animal rights theorists, most notably Tom
Regan ( The Case
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12. Sentientism, by Richard Ryder
basically the same neural, behavioural and biochemical
indicators of pain and distress.
Genetic
engineering involving the production of new species of animals
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13. The Ascent of Apes — Broadening the Moral Community, by Bernard E. Rollin
emerging ethic on animals. Obviously, the first stirrings of
concern for animals were for those animals with whom we enjoy a
relationship of sympathy or fellow feeling - companion animals.
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14. The Concept of Beastliness: Philosophy, Ethics and Animal Behavior, by Mary ...
explosion of
animal behavior studies, and comparisons between animals and men
have become immensely popular. People use evidence from animals to
decide whether man is naturally aggressive, or naturally
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15. What's in a Classification?, by R. I. M. Dunbar
the hominoids or human-like animals. These
features include such things as a peculiar pattern to the molar
teeth, a flattened chest, the lack of a tail and so on. It is also
likely that they share a
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16. Speciesism in the Laboratory, by Richard Ryder
of
behavioural sciences (such as sociobiology and ethology) which
attempt to draw conclusions about human behaviour from
observations of other animals. This has spread the view that
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17. Language and the Orang-utan: The Old 'Person' of the Forest, by H. Lyn White...
explain ape behaviour without making reference to human behaviour.
Observers developed more complex methods to study primates and
discovered a range of human-like behaviours, including family
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18. Chimpanzees’ Use of Sign Language, by Roger S. Fouts & Deborah H. Fouts
ask where our conception of animal nature comes from. The
answer is that our conception of animal nature does not come from
the non-human animals themselves, but from our preconceived
concepts of human
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19. Good Dogs and Other Animals, by Stephen R. L. Clark
to
animals. This led others to try to describe animal behaviour
without committing themselves to any view about what purposes or
perceptions they had. When modern students of animal behaviour
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20. Comparison of the Mental Powers of Man and the Lower Animals, by Charles Darwin
dispute
that animals possess some power of reasoning. animals may
constantly be seen to pause, deliberate, and resolve. It is a
significant fact, that the more the habits of any particular
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