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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Judith Benz-Schwarzburg , Mark Kanak , Susana MonsoPublisher: Brill Imprint: Brill Volume: 23 Weight: 0.822kg ISBN: 9789004358867ISBN 10: 9004358862 Pages: 436 Publication Date: 24 October 2019 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Language: English Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments Part 1: Introduction 1Socio-Cognitive Abilities in Animals as the Object of Science-and What Has Been Neglected Thus Far 2Questions and Objectives of the Book Part 2: Socio-Cognitive Abilities in Animals 3The Concept of Cognition and the Concept of Consciousness 4Culture in Animals? 4.1Animal Tool Use and Tool Production: a Widespread Phenomenon 4.2Theoretical Considerations 4.3Culture in Chimpanzees 4.4Culture in Orangutans, Gorillas, and Dolphins 4.5Culture in New Caledonian Crows 4.6Can We Speak Meaningfully of Culture in Animals? 5Language in Animals? 5.1Language: the Ultimate Differentia Specifica? 5.2Concept Possession as Prerequisite for Language 5.3Functional and Intentional Aspects of Natural Animal Communication 5.4Propositional Representations and Basic Grammar: First Notes from Language-Teaching Experiments 5.5Can We Speak Meaningfully of Language in Animals? 6Theory of Mind in Animals? 6.1Theory of Mind as Everyday Psychology 6.2Theory of Mind Research in Children 6.3Theory of Mind in Animals: What Do Animals Know about Perceptual States and False Beliefs? 6.4Can We Speak Meaningfully of Theory of Mind in Animals? 7Summary and Transition Part 3: The Relevance of Socio-Cognitive Abilities in Animals for Animal Ethics and Animal Welfare 8Kinship and Responsibility: the Moral Status of Animals 8.1Introduction to Basic Concepts in Animal Ethics 8.2Basic Positions in Animal Ethics 8.3 Classical Arguments in Animal Ethics and Animal Welfare 8.4A New Argument: Personhood Rights for Animals 8.5Problems and Limits of Personhood Rights 8.6Opportunities for Personhood Rights: Cognitive Relatives as Ambassadors of Species Protection? 9Kinship and Responsibility: the Discrepancy between Ethical Demands and the Status Quo 9.1Case Study: How We Treat Great Apes 9.2Case Study: How We Treat Dolphins 10Summary Part 4: Discussion 11Cognitive Kinship and the Concept of an Evolutionary Self 11.1Animals as Strangers and Kin at the Same Time 11.2On the Way to a Nature Deficit of a Special Kind 12A Comparison of Arguments 12.1Animal Welfare Arguments vs. Species Conservation Arguments 12.2Utilitarian Pathocentrism vs. Personhood Rights 12.3Rights that Go Beyond the Weighing of Goods 12.4Criteria that Go Beyond the Ability to Consciously Suffer 12.5Painless Killing and Production of Insensitive Animals 13Possibilities of Modifying Personhood Rights for Animals 13.1Toward a Consistently Gradual Understanding 13.2Personhood Status Despite Being a Gradual Person? 13.3Species-Specific Inalienable Rights? 13.4Differentiation between Clear and Less Clear Cases? 14Alternative: Turn the Focus Back to the Suffering of Animals? 14.1The Relationship between the Ability to Suffer and Socio-Cognitive Abilities 14.2Socio-Cognitive Abilities, Animal Welfare, and Species Conservation 14.3Indicators of Well-being in Captivity 14.4Enrichment as Occupational Therapy 14.5Cognition-Motivation-Frustration: the Need to Gain Information and Engage in Exploratory Behavior 14.6The Difficulty of Assessing Behavioral Disorders, Using Stereotypies as an Example 14.7The Effects of Enrichment 14.8Enrichment in Captivity as an Ethical Necessity 15Final Evaluation of Personhood Rights for Animals Acknowledgements Bibliography IndexReviewsAuthor InformationDr. Judith Benz-Schwarzburg is a Senior Researcher at the Messerli Research Institute, Vienna, who works and publishes at the intersection of animal cognition and animal ethics. She is currently leading a research group on animal morality. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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