Bringing Life to Ethics: Global Bioethics for a Humane Society

by Fox, Michael W.

• ISBN13: 9780791448014
• ISBN10: 0791448010
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-01-01
• Publisher: STATE UNIV OF NEW YORK PRESS

Author Biography

Michael W. Fox is a graduate veterinarian from the Royal Veterinary College, London, England, with doctoral degrees in medicine and in ethology/animal behavior from the University of London, England. Formerly an associate professor of psychology at Washington University, St. Louis, Dr. Fox has worked full-time in the animal rights and protection movement for the past thirty years, applying science and ethics to improve the treatment and status of animals in society. In addition to his nationally syndicated newspaper column, he has authored more than forty books on animal behavior, rights, welfare, and conservation

Table of Contents

Figures and Tables	vii
Foreword	ix
Acknowledgments	xiii
Introduction	1	(10)
The Origin of Ethics: Personal Reflections	11	(16)
Bioethics: Its Scope and Purpose	27	(14)
Environmental Ethics and Animal Rights: An Overview	41	(14)
People First? Can Human Interests, Animal Rights, and Environmental Concerns Be Reconciled?	55	(8)
Bioethics of Conservation	63	(12)
To Farm Without Harm and Choosing a Humane Diet: The Bioethics of Sustainable Agriculture	75	(20)
Humane and Bioethical Concerns of Genetic Engineering Biotechnology	95	(24)
Science, Technology, and Ethics	119	(20)
Compassion: The New Spirit of Enterprise	139	(14)
The Life Ethic of a New Covenant for a Sustainable Economy and Future	153	(8)
Good and Evil: A New Perspective	161	(14)
Ahimsa (Noninjury) Revisited	175	(10)
Justice and the Communal Good	185	(20)
Toward a Universal Bioethics: Challenges and Opportunities	205	(18)
Notes	223	(20)
Index	243