Some we love, some we hate, some we eat : why it's so hard to think straight about animals /: why it's so hard to think straight about animals. (©2010)
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- Title:
- Some we love, some we hate, some we eat : why it's so hard to think straight about animals /: why it's so hard to think straight about animals. (©2010)
- Main Title:
- Some we love, some we hate, some we eat : why it's so hard to think straight about animals
- Further Information:
- Note: Hal Herzog.
- Other Names:
- Herzog, Hal
- 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.
- Publisher Details:
- New York : Harper
- Publication Date:
- 2010
- Copyright Date:
- 2010
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (viii, 326 pages)
- Subjects:
- 304.2/7
Human-animal relationships
Interdisciplinary research
SOCIAL SCIENCE
Human-animal relationships
Interdisciplinary research
Electronic books - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9780062010704
0062010700 - Notes:
- Note: Includes bibliographical references.
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