Animal and human health and welfare :a comparative philosophical analysis
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Wallingford, OX, UK ; Cambridge, MA
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
CABE pub.
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2006
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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xii, 190p.
GENERAL NOTES
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Includes bibliographical references and index
CONTENTS NOTE
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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 --