Animal and human health and welfare :a comparative philosophical analysis
Wallingford, OX, UK ; Cambridge, MA
CABE pub.
2006
xii, 190p.
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 --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 --