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Alongside the reprimands of Diogenes the Dog, the philosophy of bitterness of Émile Cioran and the neo-Cynicism of Peter Sloterdijk, there would be - in the author's opinión - a Cynical lineage that speaks for itself, despite its "doctrinal" differences, of the survival until today of this true pariah of philosophy. The conjecture that follows is that the notion of animality is the core from which each of these "Cynical philosophies" is born. From this line, ancient Cynicism, or a good part of it, reappears in Sloterdijk's neo-Cynicism, which is supplied with a technological critique related to the "animalistic" roots of Diogenes' sect.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on Contributors -- 1 Introducing Animal Politics and Political Animals -- Part I The Politicization of the Animal Advocacy Discourse -- 2 Rethinking the Human-Animal Divide in the Anthropocene -- 3 An Agenda for Animal Political Theory -- 4 Public Reason and Animal Rights -- Part II The Rapprochement between Animal Ethics and Ecologism -- 5 Articulating Ecological Injustices of Recognition -- 6 Ecological Justice for the Anthropocene -- 7 Animal Deliberation -- Part III The Introduction of Laws and Institutions for the Benefit of Animals -- 8 Animal Party Politics in Parliament -- 9 The Limits of Species Advocacy -- 10 Slaughter and Animal Welfarism in Sweden 1900-1944 -- 11 The Rights of Nature: Theory and Practice -- Bibliography -- Index.

The use of animals in research has always been surrounded by ethical controversy. This book provides an overview of the central ethical issues focusing on the interconnectedness of science, law and ethics. It aims to make theoretical ethical reasoning understandable to non-ethicists and provide tools to improve ethical decision making on animal research. It focuses on good scientific practice, the 3Rs (replacement, reduction and refinement), ethical theories applied to specific cases and an overview of regulatory issues. The book is co-authored by experts in animal research, animal welfare, social sciences, law and ethics, and provides both animal researchers and members of animal ethics committees with knowledge that can facilitate their work and communication with stakeholders and the public. The book is written to provide knowledge, not to argue a certain position, and is intended to be used in training that aims to fulfil EU Directive 2010/63/EU.

Front Matter -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Socio-Cognitive Abilities in Animals as the Object of Science-and What Has Been Neglected Thus Far -- Questions and Objectives of the Book -- Socio-Cognitive Abilities in Animals -- The Concept of Cognition and the Concept of Consciousness -- Culture in Animals? -- Language in Animals? -- Theory of Mind in Animals? -- Summary and Transition -- The Relevance of Socio-Cognitive Abilities in Animals for Animal Ethics and Animal Welfare -- Kinship and Responsibility: the Moral Status of Animals -- Kinship and Responsibility: the Discrepancy between Ethical Demands and the Status Quo -- Summary -- Discussion -- Cognitive Kinship and the Concept of an Evolutionary Self -- A Comparison of Arguments -- Possibilities of Modifying Personhood Rights for Animals -- Alternative: Turn the Focus Back to the Suffering of Animals? -- Final Evaluation of Personhood Rights for Animals -- Back Matter -- Acknowledgments -- Bibliography -- Index.

In this book, we reclaim the term "resistance" by exploring how animals can "resist" their commodification through blocking and allowing human intervention in their lives. In the cases explored in this volume, animals lead humans to rethink their relationship to animals by either blocking and/or allowing human commodification. In some cases, this results in greater control exercised on the animals, while in others, animals' resistance also poses a series of complex moral questions to human commodifiers, sometimes to the point of transforming humans into active members of resistance movements on behalf of animals

Through three short meditations that range from border crossing between the United States and Canada to a Beyoncé song, the author considers responses from Kedon Willis, Rajiv Mohabir, and Michelle V. Rowley to his 2021 book Nature's Wild: Love, Sex, and Law in the Caribbean. The essay revisits and further advances the central thesis of Nature's Wild, which recalls the work and multiple legacies of racialized animalization during and after European colonization of the Caribbean, and weighs the possibilities of embracing animality.

This book presents a radical and intuitive argument against the notion that intentional action, agency and autonomy are features belonging only to humans. Using evidence from research into the minds of non-human animals, it explores the ways in which animals can be understood as individuals who are aware of themselves, and the consequent basis of our moral obligations towards them. The first part of this book argues for a conception of agency in animals that admits to degrees among individuals and across species. It explores self-awareness and its various levels of complexity which depend on an animals' other mental capacities. The author offers an overview of some established theories in animal ethics including those of Peter Singer, Tom Regan, Bernard Rollin and Lori Gruen, and the ways these theories serve to extend moral consideration towards animals based on various capacities that both animals and humans have in common. The book concludes by challenging traditional Kantian notions of rationality and what it means to be an autonomous individual, and discussing the problems that still remain in the study of animal ethics.

Animal death is a complex, uncomfortable, depressing, motivating and sensitive topic. For those scholars participating in Human-Animal Studies, it is – accompanied by the concept of 'life' – the ground upon which their studies commence, whether those studies are historical, archaeological, social, philosophical, or cultural. It is a tough subject to face, but as this volume demonstrates, one at the heart of human–animal relations and human–animal studies scholarship.

""This text provides the reader with multiple views on animal welfare and proves to be a fascinating read. There are a variety of viewpoints included in the text and thus avoids the pitfall of providing only one or two opinions on, what has proved to be, a controversial subject. ...While it should be considered required reading for students in the agricultural field, it will also prove to be thought-provoking to anyone interested in the subject of animal welfare and its impact on society.""-Brandy Tabor, CVT, VTS (ECC), The VIN Book Reviews, VSPN.org, January 2013""Implementation of welfare in p.

Animal studies has emerged as a major field within the humanities, despite its challenge to the very notion of the ?human" that shapes humanities scholarship. Kari Weil investigates the rise of animal studies and its singular reading of literature and philosophy through the lens of human-animal relations and difference, providing not only a critical introduction to the field but also an appreciation of its thrilling acts of destabilization.Weil explores the mechanisms we use to build knowledge of other animals, to understand ourselves in relation to other animals, and to represent animals in l

""This text provides the reader with multiple views on animal welfare and proves to be a fascinating read. There are a variety of viewpoints included in the text and thus avoids the pitfall of providing only one or two opinions on, what has proved to be, a controversial subject. …While it should be considered required reading for students in the agricultural field, it will also prove to be thought-provoking to anyone interested in the subject of animal welfare and its impact on society.""-Brandy Tabor, CVT, VTS (ECC), The VIN Book Reviews, VSPN.org, January 2013""Implementation of welfare in p

Cover -- Title -- Words to Know -- Contents -- Service Animals: Animals Work and Can Help People -- What Is a Service Animal? -- Types of Service Animals -- Talk About Work! -- Animals in Training -- Getting Your Service Animal -- Learn More -- Index -- Back Cover

Humans not only create links with members of their own species but also for years have developed close relationships with beings of other species, these relationships began as a mutually beneficial contract between both parties, however ended up filling the world of humans Of meanings deeper than those of the simple utility obtained from animals. The assisted therapy with animals is a proposal of intervention to different pathologies
both physical and mental, which is implemented through various modalities such as Dolphin therapy, equine therapy and therapy. Being guided by professionals of different areas what makes of this an inter and multidisciplinary team work.