Animal Minds, Animal Souls, Animal Rights

James V. Parker, Ph.D., retired professor of philosophy and theology, worked with biomedical scientists for seventeen years as public information officer at the Oregon National Primate Research Center. He co-authored The Animal Research War (Macmillan, 2007), and published several articles on animal rights in popular magazines and peer-reviewed journals, including Science.

• Chapter 1 PrefaceChapter 2 AcknowledgementsChapter 3 Chapter 1: Aminal InterestsChapter 4 Chapter 2: Animal Beliefs and DesiresChapter 5 Chapter 3: Conciousness and CognitionChapter 6 Chapter 4: Desires and ValuesChapter 7 Chapter 5: Human and Animal MindsChapter 8 Chapter 6: Animal RightsChapter 9 Chapter 7: God's RightsChapter 10 Chapter 8: Animal SoulsChapter 11 Chapter 9: The BibleChapter 12 Chapter 10: Animals in Western ThoughtChapter 13 Chapter 11: Beyond Animal Rights: A Delicate StewardshipChapter 14 Appendix: Synagogues, Churches, and ReligionsChapter 15 NotesChapter 16 BibliographyChapter 17 IndexChapter 18 About the Author

…an excellent job in laying out the central issues involved in the debate, relating them to the long tradition of Catholic teaching on the subject. Even if one should find his personal proposal for a "delicate stewardship" an unsatisfactory solution, his book provides invaluable material for a thorough rational conversation about the question. In so doing he helps to move the conversation beyond its often polarized state today.