Putting the Horse before Descartes Read Online By Bernard E. Rollin
| Title | : | Putting the Horse before Descartes |
| Author | : | Bernard E. Rollin |
| Format | : | Hardcover |
| Page | : | 304 pages |
| ISBN | : | 159213825X |
When philosopher Bernard Rollin was six years old, he visited an animal shelter and was told about unwanted dogs being put to sleep The event shaped his moral outlook and initiated his concern for how animals were treated In his irreverent memoir, a Putting the Horse before Descartes, Rollin provides an account of how he came to educate himself and others about the ethi When philosopher Bernard Rollin was six years old, he visited an animal shelter and was told about unwanted dogs being put to sleep The event shaped his moral outlook and initiated his concern for how animals were treated In his irreverent memoir, a Putting the Horse before Descartes, Rollin provides an account of how he came to educate himself and others about the ethical treatment of animals and work toward improvements in animal welfare.Rollin describes, in witty, often disarming detail, how he became an outspoken critic of how animals were being treated in veterinary and medical schools as well as in research labs.a Putting the Horse before Descartes ashowcases the passionate animal advocate at his best He recalls teaching veterinary students about ethical issues He also recalls face offs with ranchers and cowboys about branding methods and roping competitions in rodeos In addition, he describes his work to legally mandate humane conditions for agricultural and laboratory animals As public concern about animal welfare and the safety of the food supply heighten, Rollin carries on this work all over the worldOCoin classrooms, lecture halls and legislatures, meetings of agricultural associations and industrial settings, as well as in print Putting the Horse before Descartes, ultimately, is than a memoir Rollin offers a wide ranging discussion of ethical issues in many settings and he testifies to the myriad ways that people of good conscience accept their ethical responsibility in regard to animals
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Professor Bernard E Rollin is University Distinguished Professor, Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Biomedical Sciences, Professor of Animal Sciences and University Bioethicist at Colorado State University His scholarly interests include both traditional philosophy and applied philosophy and much of his research is focused on animal welfare He has been a valued member of the Voiceless Scien Professor Bernard E Rollin is University Distinguished Professor, Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Biomedical Sciences, Professor of Animal Sciences and University Bioethicist at Colorado State University His scholarly interests include both traditional philosophy and applied philosophy and much of his research is focused on animal welfare He has been a valued member of the Voiceless Scientific Expert Advisory Council since 2009 Bernard has a Bachelor s Degree from the City College of New York and a PhD from Columbia He is the author of over 400 papers and fourteen books including Science and Ethics and Animal Rights and Human Morality which won an Outstanding Book of the Year Award from the American Association of University Libraries He has consulted for the US Department of Agriculture and for a number of multinational corporations including United Airlines, PETCO, DuPont and the US Soybean Association on a variety of agricultural and animal welfare issues He served on the Pew National Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production PCIFAP and on the Institute for Laboratory Animal Resources ILAR Council of the National Academy of Sciences In 2008, he mediated a historic agreement between the Humane Society of the U.S and Colorado agriculture resulting in legislation advancing the welfare of farm animals Rollin was named to the Distinguished Faculty Gallery by the College of Veterinary Medicine at CSU in 1992 He has twice been awarded the Brownlee Award for outstanding achievement in Animal Welfare Science by the Animal Welfare Foundation of Canada and is a recipient of the Distinguished Service Award from the Colorado Veterinary Medical Association In 2005, he was awarded the Henry Spira Award in Animal Welfare by Johns Hopkins University Centre for Alternatives to Animal Testing and received the Humane Award from the American Veterinary Medical Association in 2007.He recently contributed to the documentary film The Superior Human which challenges the Cartesian duality which hierarchically divides humans from other animals 
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When philosopher Bernard Rollin was six years old, he visited an animal shelter and was told about unwanted dogs being put to sleep The event shaped h
304 pagesBernard E. Rollin
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