Michael W. Fox is a graduate veterinarian from the Royal Veterinary College, London, England, with doctoral degrees in medicine and in ethology/animal behavior from the University of London, England. Formerly an associate professor of psychology at Washington University, St. Louis, Dr. Fox has worked full-time in the animal rights and protection movement for the past thirty years, applying science and ethics to improve the treatment and status of animals in society. In addition to his nationally syndicated newspaper column, he has authored more than forty books on animal behavior, rights, welfare, and conservation
Figures and Tables
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Foreword
ix
Acknowledgments
xiii
Introduction
1
(10)
The Origin of Ethics: Personal Reflections
11
(16)
Bioethics: Its Scope and Purpose
27
(14)
Environmental Ethics and Animal Rights: An Overview
41
(14)
People First? Can Human Interests, Animal Rights, and Environmental Concerns Be Reconciled?
55
(8)
Bioethics of Conservation
63
(12)
To Farm Without Harm and Choosing a Humane Diet: The Bioethics of Sustainable Agriculture
75
(20)
Humane and Bioethical Concerns of Genetic Engineering Biotechnology
95
(24)
Science, Technology, and Ethics
119
(20)
Compassion: The New Spirit of Enterprise
139
(14)
The Life Ethic of a New Covenant for a Sustainable Economy and Future
153
(8)
Good and Evil: A New Perspective
161
(14)
Ahimsa (Noninjury) Revisited
175
(10)
Justice and the Communal Good
185
(20)
Toward a Universal Bioethics: Challenges and Opportunities
205
(18)
Notes
223
(20)
Index
243
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