Title:
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ANIMAL PASSIONS AND BEASTLY VIRTUES
REFLECTIONS ON REDECORATING NATURE |
By: |
Marc Bekoff, Jane Goodall (Foreword) |
Format: |
Hardback |
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£71.00 |
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ISBN 10: |
1592133479 |
ISBN 13: |
9781592133475 |
Publisher: |
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY PRESS,U.S. |
Pub. date: |
1 November, 2005 |
Series: |
Animals, Culture, & Society |
Pages: |
320 |
Description: |
Observations of animals playing, solving problems, and behaving fairly toward each other reveal a range of animal behaviors and show that the ethical treatment of animals is a significant issue. |
Synopsis: |
Who hasn't wondered what it's like to be a dog or bird? Such questions seem unanswerable because we have no way of getting into an animal's mind. Marc Bekoff's work on animal behavior and mind draws world-wide attention for its originality and its probing into what animals might know as well as what skills (mental and physical) are needed to live life successfully as a member of a particular species. Convinced that individuals of every species have some level of self-awareness, Bekoff embarks on fascinating (and often amusing) observations of animals playing, leaving and detecting scent-marks, solving problems, and behaving fairly toward each other. Animal Passions and Beastly Virtues brings together some of his path-breaking research papers, essays on science and ethics, and popular articles in order to reveal a remarkable range of animal behaviors but also to argue that the ethical treatment of animals is an especially significant issue now. |
Publication: |
US |
Imprint: |
Temple University Press,U.S. |
Returns: |
Non-returnable |