Animal And Human Health And Welfare : A Comparative Philosophical Analysis

Preface vii Introduction ix I. Some Theories of Human Health and Welfare 1(44) An Overview of Historical Conceptions of Human Health 3(7) A Starting-point: Two Modern Streams of Philosophy of Human Health and Disease 10(8) The Place of Evolutionary Theory in the Philosophy of Health and Welfare 18(6) Two Classic Theories of Human Welfare or Happiness 24(10) A Background to the Analysis of Welfare or Quality of Life in the Human Sciences 34(4) Some Contemporary Theories of Human Welfare or Quality of Life 38(7) II. Theories of Animal Health and Welfare 45(96) Ideas on Animal Health 47(5) Some Examples of Ideas on Animal Welfare 52(2) Biological Theories of Animal Welfare 54(17) Theories of Welfare, Ethics and Values 71(4) Theories of Welfare in Terms of Subjective Well-being 75(4) On Animal Minds: a Digression 79(19) On Quality of Life in Animals 98(5) The Idea of Welfare as Fulfilment of Preferences 103(4) Theories of Welfare in Terms of Needs 107(7) Theories of Welfare in Terms of Natural Behaviour 114(6) On Complex Views of Animal Welfare 120(11) On Conflicts Between Individual and Systemic Welfare 131(3) Welfare and Time 134(2) Summing up the Analysis 136(5) III. A Holistic Approach to Animal Health and Welfare 141(31) Towards a Holistic Theory of Health in Animal Science 143(16) Towards a Happiness Theory of Welfare in the Animal Context 159(13) Appendix On Amartya Sen's Theory of Functionings and Capabilities 172(7) References 179(8) Index 187