Bibliograph

Some we love, some we hate, some we eat, why it's so hard to think straight about animals, Hal Herzog

Type

Label

Some we love, some we hate, some we eat, why it's so hard to think straight about animals, Hal Herzog

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-287) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Some we love, some we hate, some we eat

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

703206624

Responsibility statement

Hal Herzog

Sub title

why it's so hard to think straight about animals

Summary

"A maverick scientist who co-founded the field of anthrozoology offers a controversial, thought-provoking, and unprecedented exploration of the psychology behind the inconsistent and often paradoxical ways we think, feel, and behave towards animals"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Introduction : why is it so hard to think straight about animals? -- Anthrozoology : the new science of human-animal interactions -- The importance of being cute : why we think what we think about creatures that don't think like us -- Pet-o-philia : why do humans (and only humans) love pets? -- Friends, foes, and fashion statements : the human-dog relationship -- "Prom queen kills first deer on sixteenth birthday" : gender and the human-animal relationship -- In the eyes of the beholder : the comparative cruelty of cockfights and Happy Meals -- Delicious, dangerous, disgusting, and dead : the human-meat relationship -- The moral status of mice : the use of animals in science -- The cats in our houses, the cows on our plates : are we all hypocrites? -- The carnivorous yahoo within ourselves : dealing with moral inconsistency

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