|
|
Article: A consideration of policy implications: a panel discussion.(In the Company of Animals)
- Article from:
- Social Research
- Article date:
- September 22, 1995
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1995 New School for Social Research. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
It is hard not to be a specialist: one looks at animals (including humans) from a particular point of view, in which certain aspects of their nature are selected and focused upon. It is all too easy to fall into thinking that this limited perspective gives the whole truth about animals or at least the most important part of the truth. The molecular biologist is apt to see animals as collections of cells and smaller physical units. The evolutionary biologist sees them as gene survival machines locked in competition for scarce resources. The behavioral psychologist sees them as bodies that jerk and twitch in response to the environmental contingencies. The farmer sees ...
Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:
|