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9781403986023

Pleasurable Kingdom Animals and the Nature of Feeling Good

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  • ISBN13:

    9781403986023

  • ISBN10:

    1403986029

  • Edition: Reprint
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2007-07-10
  • Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin

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Summary

Pleasurable Kingdompresents new evidence that animals--like humans--enjoy themselves. From birds to baboons, insects to iguanas, animals feel good thanks to play, sex, touch, food, anticipation, comfort, aesthetics, and more. Combining rigorous evidence, elegant argument and amusing anecdotes, leading animal behavior researcher Jonathan Balcombe shows that the possibility of positive feelings in creatures other than humans has important ethical ramifications for both science and society. For more information please visit the author's website at www.pleasurablekingdom.com

Author Biography

Jonathan Balcombe is Animal Behaviour Research Consultant for the Washington DC-based Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine and the author of The Use of Animals in Higher Education: Problems, Alternatives and Recommendations. He lives in Washington DC.

Table of Contents

Why Animal Pleasure
Survival of the Happiest: The Adaptive Basis for Pleasure
Forbidden Pleasures: our Reluctance to Acknowledge Animal Pleasure
Feeling Smart: The Intelligence of Pleasure
What Animal Pleasure
Play: Fun for Its Own Sake
Food: The Pleasures of Sustenance
Sex: Procreation and Recreation
Touch: Making Contact with Pleasure
Love: The Ripening Warmth of Intimacy
Other Pleasures: Esthetics, Humor and Beyond
From Flies to Fish: At the Margins of Pleasure
From Animal Pleasure
Feeling Good, Doing Good: Implications of a Pleasurable Kingdom
Notes
References
Further Reading
Why Animal Pleasure
Survival of the Happiest: The Adaptive Basis for Pleasure
Forbidden Pleasures: our Reluctance to Acknowledge Animal Pleasure
Feeling Smart: The Intelligence of Pleasure
What Animal Pleasure
Play: Fun for Its Own Sake
Food: The Pleasures of Sustenance
Sex: Procreation and Recreation
Touch: Making Contact with Pleasure
Love: The Ripening Warmth of Intimacy
Other Pleasures: Esthetics, Humor and Beyond
From Flies to Fish: At the Margins of Pleasure
From Animal Pleasure
Feeling Good, Doing Good: Implications of a Pleasurable Kingdom
Notes
References
Further Reading
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