Animal and human health and welfare :

Nordenfelt, Lennart, 1945-

Animal and human health and welfare : a comparative philosophical analysis / Lennart Nordenfelt. - Wallingford, UK ; Cambridge, MA : CABI Pub., c2006. - xii, 190 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-186) and index.

An overview of historical conceptions of human health -- A starting-point : two modern streams of philosophy of human health and disease -- The place of evolutionary theory in the philosophy of health and welfare -- Two classic theories of human welfare or happiness -- A background to the analysis of welfare or quality of life in the human sciences -- Some contemporary theories of human welfare or quality of life -- Ideas on animal health -- Some examples of ideas on animal welfare -- Biological theories of animal welfare -- Theories of welfare, ethics and values -- Theories of welfare in terms of subjective well-being -- On animal minds : a digression -- On quality of life in animals -- The idea of welfare as fulfilment of preferences -- Theories of welfare in terms of needs -- Theories of welfare in terms of natural behaviour -- On complex views of animal welfare -- On conflicts between individual and systemic welfare -- Welfare and time -- Summing up the analysis -- Towards a holistic theory of health in animal science -- Towards a happiness theory of welfare in the animal context.

1845930592 (alk. paper) 9781845930592

013420921 Uk 101255892 DNLM


Health--Philosophy.
Medicine--Philosophy.
Veterinary medicine--Philosophy.
Health.
Philosophy, Medical.
Animal Husbandry.
Animal Welfare.
Quality of Life.

R723 / .N6575 2006

610/.1

W 61 / N829a 2006