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Pierce, Jessica, 1965-
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Pets -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Animal welfare -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Human-animal relationships -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Pierce, Jessica, 1965-
Pets -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Animal welfare -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Human-animal relationships -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Run, Spot, run : the ethics of keeping
pets
/ Jessica Pierce.
by
Pierce, Jessica, 1965-
The University of Chicago Press, 2016.
Call #:
636.0832 P616r
Subjects
Pets
--
Moral
and
ethical
aspects
.
Animal welfare
--
Moral
and
ethical
aspects
.
Human-animal relationships
--
Moral
and
ethical
aspects
.
ISBN:
9780226209890 (hc.)
Description:
264 pages ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Thinking about Spot. Awash with
pets
; Neighborhood menagerie ; Who are
pets
? ; Why
pets
? ; Tainted love
--
Living with Spot. Family constellations ; Why not ; Sleeping together ; Stroke me ; Talk talk ; Animal bling ; Butt of the joke ; Planting seeds of empathy ;
Pets
and our health ; Cat scratch fever ;
Pets
and their health ; Feeding frenzy ; Who should we feed to our
pets
? ; Your dog is fat! ; Poop ; Animals bite back ; Pet and planet
--
Worrying about Spot. Turn me loose ; A boredom epidemic ; Don't you want me? ; Cruelty, abuse, neglect ; A hidden world of hurt ; Quiz : cruel practices ; The strange world of animal hoarding ; The links ; Heavy petting ; Licensed to kill ; Rage against the dying ; Fatal plus ; Eunuchs and virgins ; Breeding bad ; The shelter industry ; Cradle to grave ; A living industry ; Protect the harvest ; Rent-a-pet ; The biggest loser : exotic
pets
--
Caring for Spot. What do
pets
need? ; Enriching animals' lives ; Which animals should be
pets
? ; Offering better protection ; Speaking for Spot ; So, is pet keeping
ethical
?
Summary:
"A life shared with
pets
brings many emotions. We feel love for our companions, certainly, and happiness at the thought that we're providing them with a safe, healthy life. But there's another emotion, less often acknowledged, that can be nearly as powerful: guilt. When we see our cats gazing wistfully out the window, or watch a goldfish swim lazy circles in a bowl, we can't help but wonder: are we doing the right thing, keeping these independent beings locked up, subject to our control? Is keeping
pets
actually good for the
pets
themselves? That's the question that animates Jessica Pierce's powerful Run, Spot, Run. A lover of
pets
herself (including, over the years, dogs, cats, fish, rats, hermit crabs, and more), Pierce understands the joys that
pets
bring us. But she also refuses to deny the ambiguous ethics at the heart of the relationship, and through a mix of personal stories, philosophical reflections, and scientifically informed analyses of animal behavior and natural history, she puts pet-keeping to the test. Is it
ethical
to keep
pets
at all? Are some species more suited to the relationship than others? Are there species one should never attempt to own? And are there ways that we can improve our
pets
' lives, so that we can be confident that we are giving them as much as they give us? Deeply empathetic, yet rigorous and unflinching in her thinking, Pierce has written a book that is sure to help any pet owner the knowledge to build deeper, better relationships with the animals with whom they've chosen to share their lives. Jessica Pierce is a bioethicist, the author of The Last Walk, and coauthor of Wild Justice"--Provided by publisher.
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