Some we love, some we hate, some we eat why it's so hard to think straight about animals
"A maverick scientist who co-founded the field of anthrozoology offers a controversial, thought-provoking, and unprecedented exploration of the psychology behind the inconsistent and often paradoxical ways we think, feel, and behave towards animals"--Provided by publisher.
| Main Author: | Herzog, Hal. |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Harper,
c2010.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Online Access: |
Go to Downloadable eBook Here. |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Why is it so hard to think straight about animals?
- Anthrozoology : the new science of human-animal interactions
- The importance of being cute : why we think what we think about creatures that don't think like us
- Pet-o-philia : why do humans (and only humans) love pets?
- Friends, foes, and fashion statements : the human-dog relationship
- "Prom queen kills first deer on sixteenth birthday" : gender and the human-animal relationship
- In the eyes of the beholder : the comparative cruelty of cockfights and Happy Meals
- Delicious, dangerous, disgusting, and dead : the human-meat relationship
- The moral status of mice : the use of animals in science
- The cats in our houses, the cows on our plates : are we all hypocrites?
- The carnivorous yahoo within ourselves : dealing with moral inconsistency.