Thomas I. White, Ph.D. is the Hilton Professor of Business Ethics and Director of the Center for Ethics and Business at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California. He is also the Scientific Advisor to the Wild Dolphin Project in Jupiter, Florida. He received his Ph.D. in Philosophy from Columbia University in 1974, and he taught at Upsala College and Rider University in New Jersey before moving to California. In addition to numerous scholarly articles on a variety of philosophical topics, he is the author of Right and Wrong, Discovering Philosophy, Business Ethics and Men and Women at Work (with Katherine Kearney). Since 1990, he has observed and assisted with the research of Dr. Denise Herzing of the Wild Dolphin Project, a marine scientist who has been studying a community of wild Atlantic spotted dolphins in the Bahamas for more than 20 years.

Prologue: Why does a philosopher study dolphins?.

1. Dolphins: The Philosophical Questions.

2. The Anatomy and Physiology of Living in the Water.

3. Do Dolphins Think and Feel?.

4. Can Dolphins Solve Problems and Understand Language?.

5. Dolphin Social Intelligence.

6. What Kind of Beings are Dolphins?.

7. Ethics and Human/Dolphin Contact.

Epilogue.

"Everyone who is interested in Cetaceans and respects them has to
read this book." (Mammalia, 2011)



"An interesting read which raises some important issues
regarding the way we view other species ... [A]
thought-provoking book." (Animal Welfare, May 2008)

"White is a distinguished, well-published
philosopher...His book is clearly written, carefully reasoned,
and easily read. Summing Up: Highly recommended."
(Choice)

"Thought-provoking ... very readable and well laid out
... (White) raises some important issues regarding the way we
view other species." (Universities Federation for Animal
Welfare)

"Tom White's book is a superb intellectual achievement. It combines
mastery of the scientific evidence together with acute ethical
analysis. It is a seminal contribution to the literature on animal
ethics."

-Andrew Linzey, Director of the Oxford Centre for
Animal Ethics

"Thomas White does the research and brings the evidence for
psychological complexity in dolphins to his readers in a compelling
manner. Amidst the ongoing worldwide exploitation of dolphins in
drive hunts and captivity he challenges all of us to rethink how we
treat these beings. This wonderful and important book could not
have come at a better time."

-Lori Marino, Emory University

"In Defense of Dolphins is a much needed look at the current
status of ethics and treatment of dolphins in a variety of
conditions. Dr. White reviews current research to argue that we
should reanalyze and reconsider some of the treatment issues around
dolphins and human activity. As research and education strives to
improve our world and our treatment of the inhabitants in it, so
does this extensive exploration of the issues around another
intelligent species."

-Denise Herzing, Wild Dolphin Project

"'Alien intelligence' or 'nonhuman
person', or...? You will never think about dolphins the same
way after reading this insightful and thought-provoking new
book."

-Jerry R. Schubel, President and CEO, Aquarium of
the Pacific

"In Defense of Dolphins is the most important book ever
written about these animals.

This is a book that has been crying out to be produced, but one
that could only be properly written now. Professor White has
carefully, indeed painstakingly, taken the latest scientific
research and used it to address the key questions that make the
case for dolphinkind to be given 'moral standing' or 'rights'. His
case is compelling and the book is both fascinating as an exercise
in the systematic distillation of information, as well as its
status as the key document that makes a case for the better
treatment of dolphins. It is also highly readable and rich with
remarkable insights into dolphin intelligence and behaviour."

-Mark Simmonds, International
Director of Science, WDCS, the Whale and Dolphin Conservation
Society