Raw Materials, Energy and Western Security by Hanns W Maull

Raw Materials, Energy and Western Security by Hanns W Maull

An interesting and accessible introduction to ethical issues raised by various forms of human use of animals. This textbook avoids moral lecturing and presents a range of ethical viewpoints without defending or applying any specific stance. Readers are encouraged and provoked to reflect for themselves, and to sharpen their own points of view regarding the ethical limits on our use of animals. They will also gain further understanding of the views held by other people.

Early chapters of this interdisciplinary book cover changes over time in our view of animals, the principles of animal ethics, and different views of what counts as a good animal life. Later chapters apply the conceptual tools to specific issues including: food animal production, advanced veterinary treatment of pets, control of infectious diseases, wildlife management, as well as the use of animals in research.

Specifically designed for students of veterinary medicine, animal science, welfare and behaviour, and veterinary nursing. Also of interest to those wanting to combine an up-to-date, science-based account of animal issues with clear-headed moral reflection.

The book covers an impressive range of topics with accuracy and fairness. Despite its ambitious scope, the authors have achieved remarkable unity in the book, and have produced a book that is easy and pleasant to read. Their work will surely provide a major tool for rationalizing the debate about the ethics of animal use, and I commend them for their invaluable contribution. From the Foreword by Professor Bernard Rollin, Colorado State University.

Hanns W. Maull, Senior Distinguished Fellow, German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP), Berlin

Hanns W. Maull is Senior Distinguished Fellow, German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP), Berlin, Senior Policy Fellow for China's Global Role, Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS), Berlin and Adjunct Professor of International Relations, Johns Hopkins University SAIS
Europe, Bologna. He served on the academic advisory boards of Germany's two most important foreign policy think tanks, the German Institute for International Security (as Chairman of the board, 2004 - 2012) and the German Council on Foreign Relations. Hanns W. Maull has authored, co-authored and
edited more than four dozen books and contributed widely to academic journals in German, English, French, Italian and Japanese, including Foreign Affairs, International Affairs, Politique Etrangere, Europa Archiv, and Chuo Koron.

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ISBN 13	9780333371510
ISBN 10	0333371518
Title	Raw Materials, Energy and Western Security
Author	Hanns W Maull
Series	Studies In International Security
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Year published	1984-12-05
Number of pages	431
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