Veterinary and Animal Ethics (eBook)

Christopher Wathes, Professor of Animal Welfare at the Royal Veterinary College. Sandra Corr, Clinical Reader in Small Animal Surgery at the University of Nottingham. Stephen May, Deputy Principal and Vice Principal for Teaching at the Royal Veterinary College. Steven McCulloch, veterinary surgeon and PhD student at the Royal Veterinary College. Martin Whiting, veterinary surgeon and PhD student at the Royal Veterinary College.

Contributors vii

Foreword by John Webster x

Preface xiii

Session I Principles of Veterinary and Animal Ethics
1

Patrick Bateson

1 The History of Veterinary Ethics in Britain, ca.
1870-2000 3

Abigail Woods

2 The Idea of Animal Welfare - Developments and Tensions
19

Peter Sandøe and Karsten Klint Jensen

3 Lessons from Medical Ethics 32

Carolyn Johnston

4 Veterinary Ethics, Professionalism and Society 44

Stephen A. May

Session II Justifying Ends - The Morality of Animal Use
59

Judy MacArthur Clark

5 Justice of Animal Use in the Veterinary Profession 63

Martin C. Whiting

6 Telos 75

Bernard E. Rollin

7 Agriculture, Animal Welfare and Climate Change 84

Steven P. McCulloch

8 Ethics and Ethical Analysis in Veterinary Science: The
Development and Application of the Ethical Matrix Method 100

Kate Millar

9 The Ethics of Animal Enhancement 113

James Yeates

Session III Ethical Analyses of Animal Use 133

Peter Jinman

10 Wildlife Medicine, Conservation and Welfare 135

James K. Kirkwood

11 Veterinary Ethics and the Use of Animals in Research: Are
They Compatible? 155

Colin Gilbert and Sarah Wolfensohn

12 Production Animals: Ethical and Welfare Issues Raised by
Production-focused Management of Newborn Livestock 174

David J. Mellor

13 Companion Animals 188

Sandra A. Corr

14 Ethical Analysis of the Use of Animals for Sport 201

Madeleine Campbell

Session IV Cultural, Political, Legal and Economic
Considerations 217

John Webster

15 Global Cultural Considerations of Animal Ethics 219

Michael C. Appleby

16 Animal Ethics and the Government's Policy: 'To
Guard and Protect' 229

Sophia Hepple and Nigel Gibbens

17 Veterinary Ethics and Law 245

Marie Fox

18 Ethical Citizenship 261

Björn Forkman

19 Principles, Preference and Profit: Animal Ethics in a Market
Economy 271

John McInerney

Debate: 'Is It Better to Have Lived and Lost than Never to
Have Lived at All?' 286

Patrick Bateson

Index 300

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