Bibliograph

Returning to Eden, animal rights and human responsibility, Michael W. Fox

Type

Label

Returning to Eden, animal rights and human responsibility, Michael W. Fox

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-227) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Returning to Eden

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

6278459

Responsibility statement

Michael W. Fox

Sub title

animal rights and human responsibility

Summary

Viewing animal abuse as yet one more symptom of man's increasing insensitivity to the beauty and balance of nature, Fox offers an impassioned argument for the need to reestablish the unity and oneness of man, animals, and nature

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- Animals are almost humans -- Man and nature: biological and cultural perspectives -- Animal uses and abuses: a historical overview -- Wildlife: the living harvest -- Pets and their owners -- "Factory farming": the hidden cost of suffering -- Laboratory animals -- Science over nature -- The question of animal rights -- The significance of suffering -- Have religions failed? -- Education to empathy and communion -- The nature connection: animals and human fulfillment -- Postscript -- Sources and Further reading -- Appendices: Humane alternatives -- Animal welfare laws -- Federal committees, departments, and agencies -- Index

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