Preordered! Very cool - thank you Christine! On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 9:53 AM, Christine D Overall <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I am very pleased to announce the upcoming publication (on March 1, 2017) > of *Pets and People: The Ethics of Our Relationships with Companion > Animals*. > > > > Published by Oxford University Press (New York), *Pets and People* is a > collection of articles by philosophers from the United States, Canada, > Australia, South Africa, and the United Kingdom. > > > > The book focuses on ethical issues connected to a category of individuals > who play an extremely important role in human lives: companion animals > (“pets”), with a special emphasis on dogs and cats. Companion animals are > both vulnerable to and dependent upon us. What responsibilities do we owe > to them, especially since we have the power and authority to make literal > life-and-death decisions about them? What kinds of relationships should we > have with our companion animals? And what might we learn from cats and dogs > about the nature and limits of our own morality? > > > > The contributors write from a variety of philosophical perspectives, > including utilitarianism, care ethics, feminist ethics, phenomenology, and > the genealogy of ideas. The eighteen chapters are divided into two > sections, to provide a general background to ethical debate about companion > animals, followed by a focus on a number of crucial aspects of human > relationships to companion animals. The first section discusses the nature > of our relationships to companion animals, the foundations of our moral > responsibilities to companion animals, what our relationships with > companion animals teach us, and whether animals themselves can act > ethically. The second part explores some specific ethical issues related to > crucial aspects of companion animals' lives: breeding, reproduction, > sterilization, cloning, adoption, feeding, training, working, sexual > interactions, longevity, dying, and euthanasia. > > > > *Pets and People* is dedicated to the memory of the late Jean Harvey, > Professor of Philosophy at the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada, > whose work was the inspiration for the book. > > > > > > Oxford is offering a pre-order discount for *Pets and People*, which can > be accessed at https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__global.oup.com_academic_product_&d=DwIFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HUp8-bkYMlNgd3ZJBxWBKsBsFAFGHrEZg21p9gxugJA&m=6DC1j-kOqSWxWF_He-3pXc5fVLWmp_ao02YE3YP1g-Y&s=ir0KjOiUBW5iO40qGB3SxEnLkGFgZMwLFAiLUW-lbYs&e= > 9780190456078/?cc=us&lang=en&promocode=AAFLYG6 > <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__global.oup.com_academic_product_9780190456078_-3Fcc-3Dus-26lang-3Den-26promocode-3DAAFLYG6&d=DwMFAg&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HUp8-bkYMlNgd3ZJBxWBKsBsFAFGHrEZg21p9gxugJA&m=aruCcsbkNzftyzIhNFeC3noZD3SCExT8Fu_pW_heOUY&s=gh4s-Cj5m6nT_tXFuhBMK4r4LAFrrZiFnN1LxLTJOp8&e=> > . > > > > It is available in paperback and hardcover, as well as e-book form. > > > > > > > > > > Christine Overall, editor > > Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario > > > > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.amazon.com_author_christineoverall&d=DwIFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HUp8-bkYMlNgd3ZJBxWBKsBsFAFGHrEZg21p9gxugJA&m=6DC1j-kOqSWxWF_He-3pXc5fVLWmp_ao02YE3YP1g-Y&s=oBd3glY1htW6DOeP0TnIzVwkKL6ARevdRYt7qpS2V_w&e= > <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.amazon.com_author_christineoverall&d=DwMFAg&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HUp8-bkYMlNgd3ZJBxWBKsBsFAFGHrEZg21p9gxugJA&m=aruCcsbkNzftyzIhNFeC3noZD3SCExT8Fu_pW_heOUY&s=uxAUkt6gOhvMvFAbVnYkvrZkfdZCs1xhgPYXhCqkRWk&e=> > > > > ############################ > > To unsubscribe from the FEAST-L list: write to: mailto:FEAST-L-SIGNOFF- > [log in to unmask] or click the following link: > http://listserv.jmu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=FEAST-L&A=1 > ############################ To unsubscribe from the FEAST-L list: write to: mailto:[log in to unmask] or click the following link: http://listserv.jmu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=FEAST-L&A=1