Product details:
| ISBN13: | 9781403986245 |
| ISBN10: | 140398624X |
| Binding: | Hardback |
| No. of pages: | 174 pages |
| Size: | 216x140 mm |
| Weight: | 385 g |
| Language: | English |
| Illustrations: | VIII, 174 p. |
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Category:
Zoos
A Philosophical Tour
Edition number: 2005
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Date of Publication: 22 November 2005
Number of Volumes: 1 pieces, Book
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Long description:
In this book, Keekok Lee asks the question, 'what is an animal, and how does our treatment of it within captivity affect its status as a being ?' This ontological treatment marks the first such approach in looking at animals in captivity. Engaging with the moral questions of zoo-keeping (is it morally justified to keep a wild animal in captivity?) as well as the ontological (what is it that we conserve in zoos after all? A wild animal or its shadow?), Lee develops her own original hypothesis, centred around the concept of 'immuration' - defining this in contrast to domestication - and thereby provides a unique addition to the growing body of work on animal ethics.
'The book is timely addition to growing body of philosophical literature on
animals and moral dimensions of conservation.' - Markku Oksanen, Department of Philosophy, University of Kuopio, Finland
Table of Contents:
Acknowledgements Introduction What Does the Public Find in Zoos? Animals in the Wild? Wild Animals in Captivity: Is this an Oxymoron? De-Contextualised and Re-Contextualised Lifestyle Dislocation and Re-Location Suspension of Natural Evolution Domestication and Immuration Biotic Artefacts Justifications Deemed Serious Justifications Deemed Frivolous Philosophy and Policy Conclusion Appendix: Environmental Enrichment or Enrichment Notes References and Select Bibliography Index
