People, Property, Or Pets?

A child can't be owned, but parents are legally responsible for their child's care. A painting and a dog can be owned; both fall under the jurisdiction of the law and in particular, property rights. But why should a dog, man's best friend, an animal with a mind and emotions, fall under the same category as a painting? How could the law be so foolish? Requiring legal guardianship for animals would have radical consequences for how we live our lives.

Preface

ix

I. Philosophy

1

(46)

Ariel Simon

Cows as Chairs: Questioning Categorical Legal Distinctions in a Non-Categorical World

3

(6)

Derek Hass

The Case for Animals

9

(8)

Neha Jadeja

Why the Status of Animals Should Remain as Property

17

(8)

Catie Lowder

The Case for Animals as the Property of Humans

25

(8)

Bernard E. Rollin

Animal Ethics and Legal Status

33

(14)

II. Law

47

(56)

Alex Pollen

Consistency and Rights

49

(6)

David Hambrick

A Legal Argument against Animals as Property

55

(4)

Ian Tomb

The Legal Perspective on Animal Rights

59

(6)

Hélène Landemore

Why Should One Reject the Motion Intending to Remove Animals from the Status of Property?

65

(12)

Gary L. Francione

Animals, Property, and Personhood

77

(26)

III. Cognitive Science

103

(40)

Fiery Cushman

Aping Ethics: Behavioral Homologies and Nonhuman Rights

105

(14)

Robbie Silverman

Cognitive Beasts: The Thoughts and Feelings of Animals

119

(8)

Justin Jungé

An Argument from Cognitive Science against Increasing Legal Rights for Animals

127

(6)

Lewis Petrinovich

Evolved Aspects of Morality Determine Legal Rights of Animals

133

(10)

IV. Biomedical Research

143

(38)

Frances Chen

A Critical Review of Animal Experimentation: Moral and Practical Problems, Alternatives and Necessary Changes

145

(8)

Jonathan Flombaum

Why Animals Should Own Their Genes, and, Therefore, Own Themselves

153

(6)

Lisa Guttentag

Nonhuman "Pain" and Animal Rights

159

(6)

Virginia Vance

The Importance of Animal Testing in Biomedical Research

165

(8)

Andrew N. Rowan

Animal Welfare and Biomedical Research

173

(8)

V. Animal Care

181

(32)

Matt Kamen

Ethics...It's What's for Dinner

183

(8)

Rianna Stefanakis

Treating Animals Humanely: Veterinary Medicine's Defense to the Law

191

(6)

Allen Yancy

Veterinarians and the Case against Legal Personhood for Animals

197

(8)

Temple Grandin

Animals Are Not Things

205

(8)

Conclusion

213

(2)

Contributors

215

(6)

Index

221

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