Title:
Animal and human health and welfare : a comparative philosophical analysis / Lennart Nordenfelt.
Author:
Nordenfelt, Lennart. 1945-
General Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
An overview of historical conceptions of human health -- A starting-point : two modern streams of philosophy of human health and disease -- The place of evolutionary theory in the philosophy of health and welfare -- Two classic theories of human welfare -- A background to the analysis of welfare or quality of life in the human sciences -- Some contemporary theories of human welfare or quality of life -- Ideas on animal health -- Some examples of ideas on animal welfare -- Biological theories of animal welfare -- Theories of welfare, ethics and values -- Theories of welfare in terms of subjective well-being -- On animal minds : a digression -- On quality of life in animals --
The idea of welfare as fulfilment of preferences -- Theories of welfare in terms of needs -- Theories of welfare in terms of natural behaviour -- On complex views of animal welfare -- On conflicts between individual and systemic welfare -- Welfare and time -- Summing up the analysis -- A holistic approach to animal health and welfare -- Towards a holistic theory of health in animal science -- Towards a happiness theory of welfare in the animal context.
Publisher:
CABE pub.,
Publication Place:
Wallingford, OX, UK ; Cambridge, MA :
ISBN:
9781845930592 (alk. paper)
1845930592 (alk. paper)
Subject:
HEALTH -- PHILOSOPHY.
Medicine -- Philosophy.
Veterinary medicine -- Philosophy.
Philosophy, Medical.
Health.
Quality of Life.
Animal Welfare.
Animal Husbandry.
Contents:
An overview of historical conceptions of human health -- A starting-point : two modern streams of philosophy of human health and disease -- The place of evolutionary theory in the philosophy of health and welfare -- Two classic theories of human welfare -- A background to the analysis of welfare or quality of life in the human sciences -- Some contemporary theories of human welfare or quality of life -- Ideas on animal health -- Some examples of ideas on animal welfare -- Biological theories of animal welfare -- Theories of welfare, ethics and values -- Theories of welfare in terms of subjective well-being -- On animal minds : a digression -- On quality of life in animals --
The idea of welfare as fulfilment of preferences -- Theories of welfare in terms of needs -- Theories of welfare in terms of natural behaviour -- On complex views of animal welfare -- On conflicts between individual and systemic welfare -- Welfare and time -- Summing up the analysis -- A holistic approach to animal health and welfare -- Towards a holistic theory of health in animal science -- Towards a happiness theory of welfare in the animal context.
Physical Description:
p. cm.
Electronic Location:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0518/2005021603.html
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0640/2005021603-d.html
Publication Date:
2006.
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