Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Wilfrid Laurier University Press is a scholarly press based in Waterloo, Ontario.
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Stimulating and thought-provoking, this important new text looks at the welfare problems and philosophical and ethical issues that are caused by changes made to an animal's telos, behaviour and physiology, both positive and negative, to make them more productive or adapted for human uses. These changes may involve selective breeding for production, appearance traits, or competitive advantage in sport, transgenic animals or the use of pharmaceuticals or hormones to enhance production or performance. Changes may impose duties to care for these animals further and more intensely, or they may make the animal more robust. The book considers a wide range of animals, including farm animals, companion animals and laboratory animals. It reviews the ethics and welfare issues of animals that have been adapted for sport, as companions, in work, as ornaments, food sources, guarding and a whole host of other human functions. This important new book sparks debate and is essential reading for all those involved in animal welfare and ethics, including veterinarians, animal scientists, animal welfare scientists and ethologists.
Die im Band gesammelten Materialien sollen einen Einblick in die Grundzüge und Grundprobleme der Kierkegaardschen Philosophie geben. Der erste, historische Teil enthält – bislang auf deutsch unzugängliche – Auszüge aus zeitgenössischen Schriften, die indes nicht nur einen Eindruck von der Rezeption Kierkegaards durch die Mitwelt vermitteln, sondern auch zu seinem Verständnis beitragen sollen. Dasselbe gilt für Kierkegaards Repliken auf diese zeitgenössischen Stimmen. In kurzen Vorbemerkungen und einem eigenen Anmerkungsapparat sind den historischen Materialien Informationen beigefügt, die ihre Verarbeitung erleichtern sollen. Der zweite, systematische Teil bietet einen Querschnitt durch die philosophische Kierkegaard-Forschung der letzten 25 Jahre (außer in Deutschland insbesondere in Dänemark, Frankreich und den USA); er enthält Beiträge, die in der Regel nur schwer zugänglich sind und bei deren Auswahl es Prinzip war, den ganzen Umfang der philosophisch wichtigen Problemkreise im Kierkegaardschen Werk abzudecken.