Phillips, Clive
Towards an Ethical Approach to Animals

A Life Learning about Animal Welfare.

In two parts, this work offers a broad and often unconventional approach to animal ethics, written by a pioneer in animal welfare science and ethics. The author Clive Phillips, Australia's first professor of animal welfare, first describes his life experience and career in the field, which enabled him to provide thoughts and possible solutions to some of the key problems in human-animal relations following in section two. The second part introduces novel aspects that evolved with the author over several decades of involvement in animal welfare science. This part takes a wide perspective, asking how important and unique our animal kingdom is, how did it evolve and why, and what are the key issues for our treatment of other animals? It concludes by considering our future relationship with animals and how this will change with current developments in society and in particular contemporary attitudes toward the consumption of animals. This historical and futuristic look at animal ethics is unique, making this book a thought provoking read for all interested. XXVII,246 Seiten mit 42 Farb- und 5 s/w-Abb., gebunden (Animal Welfare; Vol. 26/Springer Nature 2025) leichte Lagerspuren/minor shelfwear