Veterinary & Animal Ethics: Proceedings of the First International Conference on Veterinary and Animal Ethics, September 2011 -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Foreword -- Preface -- I Principles of Veterinary and Animal Ethics -- 1 The History of Veterinary Ethics in Britain, ca.1870-2000 -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Professional Conduct and the Relief of Animal Suffering, 1870-1919 -- 1.3 The Ethical Nature of Veterinary Work, 1919-1948 -- 1.4 The Eclipse of Animal Ethics, 1948-1975 -- 1.5 The Reshaping of Veterinary Ethical Thought, 1975-2000 -- 1.6 Conclusion -- 2 The Idea of Animal Welfare - Developments and Tensions -- 2.1 Background - The Modern Idea of Animal Welfare and the Brambell Report -- 2.2 Conclusions -- 3 Lessons from Medical Ethics -- 3.1 What Can Veterinary Ethics Learn from Medical Ethics (and Vice Versa)? -- 3.2 The Relevance of Medical/Veterinary Ethics and Its Place in the Undergraduate Curriculum -- 3.3 Role of Medical Ethics in Driving Legal Change -- 3.4 Professional Ethics - Behaviour and Regulation -- 3.5 Ethical Approaches to Dilemmas Confronting the Modern Veterinarian - Can We Learn from Clinical Ethics Frameworks? -- 4 Veterinary Ethics, Professionalism and Society -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 The Nature of the Modern Profession -- 4.3 Veterinary Professional Ethics - More than Etiquette! -- 4.4 The Effect of the Societal Context on the Profession and Its Members -- 4.5 Professionalism and Physician Agency -- 4.6 Lessons for Veterinary Education -- 4.7 Continued Relevance to Society of the Professional Model -- 4.8 Conclusion -- II Justifying Ends - The Morality of Animal Use -- 5 Justice of Animal Use in the Veterinary Profession -- 5.1 Societal Relationships with Animals -- 5.2 The Different Uses of Animals and Their Moral Status -- 5.3 The Separation of Animals from Humans.

5.4 Justice as Understood by the Medical Profession -- 5.5 Veterinarians and Animal Justice -- 5.6 Conclusion -- 6 Telos -- 6.1 -- 6.2 -- 7 Agriculture, Animal Welfare and Climate Change -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 The Link between Agriculture and Climate Change -- 7.3 Sustainable Intensification -- 7.4 Livestock Intensification and Animal Welfare Problems -- 7.5 The Ethics of Genetic Modification -- 7.6 Radical Naturalism: An Alternative to Sustainable Intensification -- 7.7 Discussion -- 7.8 Conceptions of Human Nature -- 7.9 Summary -- 8 Ethics and Ethical Analysis in Veterinary Science: The Development and Application of the Ethical Matrix Method -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Professional Ethics and Animals -- 8.3 Ethical Tools: The Role of the Ethical Matrix -- 8.4 Original Development and Application of the Ethical Matrix -- 8.5 Further Development of the Ethical Matrix -- 8.6 Development of the Ethical Matrix and Its Use in Veterinary Practice -- 9 The Ethics of Animal Enhancement -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 What Is Enhancement? -- 9.3 Normalcy -- 9.4 Terms of Reference for the Future Debate on Animal Enhancement -- 9.5 Animal Welfare Implications -- III Ethical Analyses of Animal Use -- 10 Wildlife Medicine, Conservation and Welfare -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Anthropogenic Threats to Wild Animal Conservation -- 10.3 To Which Wild Animals Do Welfare Concerns Apply? -- 10.4 Anthropogenic Threats to Wild Animal Welfare -- 10.5 Responsibility for Wildlife Welfare -- 10.6 Interventions for Wildlife Welfare -- 10.7 Welfare/Conservation Conflicts -- 10.8 Dealing with Welfare/Conservation Conflicts -- 10.9 Concluding Comments -- 11 Veterinary Ethics and the Use of Animals in Research: Are They Compatible? -- 11.1 Historical Perspectives -- 11.2 Scale of Usage -- 11.3 Public Perceptions -- 11.4 Ethical Standpoints -- 11.5 Measuring Harms and Benefits.

11.6 The Rise of the 3Rs -- 11.7 Ethics and the Drug Discovery Process -- 11.8 Openness -- 11.9 Conclusion: The Role of the Veterinary Profession -- 12 Production Animals: Ethical and Welfare Issues Raised by Production-focused Management of Newborn Livestock -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 Production-Orientated Neonatal Management Issues -- 12.3 Ethical and Animal Welfare Issues -- 13 Companion Animals -- 13.1 Introduction -- 13.2 Domestication of Cats and Dogs -- 13.3 The Role of Cats and Dogs in the Family: The Human-Companion Animal Bond ( CAB) -- 13.4 Ethical Issues Arising from a Shared Lifestyle -- 13.5 Ethical Issues Arising from Pets as 'Furry Children': The Importance of the Individual -- 13.6 Euthanasia -- 13.7 Conclusion -- 14 Ethical Analysis of the Use of Animals for Sport -- 14.1 Introduction -- 14.2 Welfare Issues of Animals in Sport -- 14.3 The Ethics of Using Animals for Sport -- 14.4 Conclusion -- IV Cultural, Political, Legal and Economic Considerations -- 15 Global Cultural Considerations of Animal Ethics -- 15.1 Introduction -- 15.2 Variation within a Culture -- 15.3 Variation between European Countries -- 15.4 Variation between Continents -- 15.5 Variation between Specific Cultures -- 15.6 Working Together -- 16 Animal Ethics and the Government's Policy: 'To Guard and Protect' -- 16.1 Historical Perspective on English Law and Its Regard for Animals -- 16.2 Development of Government Policy on bTB: A Wicked Problem -- 16.3 Animal Ethics, Animal Welfare and Government Policy-making Today -- 16.4 Conclusions -- 17 Veterinary Ethics and Law -- 17.1 Introduction -- 17.2 Disciplinary Proceedings against Veterinarians -- 17.3 Handling Complaints -- 17.4 Defects in the Complaints Procedure -- 17.5 Disciplinary Appeals -- 17.6 The Case for Reform -- 18 Ethical Citizenship -- 18.1 Introduction.

18.2 Citizens Want More Ethical Treatment of Animals -- 18.3 Problems for Citizens and Consumers -- 18.4 Responsibility of the Citizen/Consumer -- 18.5 Conclusion -- 19 Principles, Preference and Profit: Animal Ethics in a Market Economy -- 19.1 Introduction -- 19.2 The Basic Model of Economic Activity -- 19.3 Animals in Economic Activity -- 19.4 Ethics and Market Behaviour -- 19.5 Moral versus Economic Value -- Debate: 'Is It Better to Have Lived and Lost than Never to Have Lived at All?' -- Index.