Human-animal relationships

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dc.contributor.advisorBenatar, Daviden_ZA
dc.contributor.authorDu Toit, Jessica Anneen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-10-06T14:15:11Z
dc.date.available2015-10-06T14:15:11Z
dc.date.issued2013en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe overwhelming majority of philosophical discussions about the relationships between humans and animals concern the human use and treatment of animals in contexts such as those of food production, scientific experimentation, and pet-keeping. By contrast, the kinds of affective bonds that do - or might conceivably - occur between humans and animals, have received very little philosophical attention. In this dissertation, my main, but not exclusive, concern is with the latter issue. More specifically, I am primarily concerned with the question of whether human-animal relationships can be meaningful. Because pet animals are the clearest candidates for meaningful relationships with us, they will be the focus of my discussion. I argue that at least some human-pet relationships can be meaningful, even if they are not among the most meaningful relationships in our lives. Thereafter, I shall turn to one question about the treatment and use of animals on which the earlier question bears, namely the question of whether the practice of having pets is permissible.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationDu Toit, J. A. (2013). <i>Human-animal relationships</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Philosophy. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14144en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationDu Toit, Jessica Anne. <i>"Human-animal relationships."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Philosophy, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14144en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationDu Toit, J. 2013. Human-animal relationships. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Du Toit, Jessica Anne AB - The overwhelming majority of philosophical discussions about the relationships between humans and animals concern the human use and treatment of animals in contexts such as those of food production, scientific experimentation, and pet-keeping. By contrast, the kinds of affective bonds that do - or might conceivably - occur between humans and animals, have received very little philosophical attention. In this dissertation, my main, but not exclusive, concern is with the latter issue. More specifically, I am primarily concerned with the question of whether human-animal relationships can be meaningful. Because pet animals are the clearest candidates for meaningful relationships with us, they will be the focus of my discussion. I argue that at least some human-pet relationships can be meaningful, even if they are not among the most meaningful relationships in our lives. Thereafter, I shall turn to one question about the treatment and use of animals on which the earlier question bears, namely the question of whether the practice of having pets is permissible. DA - 2013 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2013 T1 - Human-animal relationships TI - Human-animal relationships UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14144 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/14144
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationDu Toit JA. Human-animal relationships. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Philosophy, 2013 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14144en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Philosophyen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherPhilosophyen_ZA
dc.titleHuman-animal relationshipsen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMAen_ZA
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