Cow care in hindu animal ethics
Autor
Valpey, Kenneth R.
Institución
Resumen
Tis is a new book series for a new feld of inquiry: Animal Ethics.
In recent years, there has been a growing interest in the ethics of our
treatment of animals. Philosophers have led the way, and now a range
of other scholars have followed from historians to social scientists. From
being a marginal issue, animals have become an emerging issue in ethics
and in multidisciplinary inquiry.
In addition, a rethink of the status of animals has been fueled by a
range of scientifc investigations which have revealed the complexity of
animal sentiency, cognition, and awareness. Te ethical implications of
this new knowledge have yet to be properly evaluated, but it is becoming clear that the old view that animals are mere things, tools, machines,
or commodities cannot be sustained ethically.
But it is not only philosophy and science that are putting animals
on the agenda. Increasingly, in Europe and the United States, animals
are becoming a political issue as political parties vie for the “green” and
“animal” vote. In turn, political scientists are beginning to look again at
the history of political thought in relation to animals, and historians are
beginning to revisit the political history of animal protection.