Chimpanzee Rights - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Chimpanzee Rights write by Kristin Andrews. This book was released on 2018-08-30. Chimpanzee Rights available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Since 2013, an organization called the Nonhuman Rights Project has brought before the New York State courts an unusual request—asking for habeas corpus hearings to determine whether Kiko and Tommy, two captive chimpanzees, should be considered legal persons with the fundamental right to bodily liberty. While the courts have agreed that chimpanzees share emotional, behavioural, and cognitive similarities with humans, they have denied that chimpanzees are persons on superficial and sometimes conflicting grounds. Consequently, Kiko and Tommy remain confined as legal "things" with no rights. The major moral and legal question remains unanswered: are chimpanzees mere "things", as the law currently sees them, or can they be "persons" possessing fundamental rights? In Chimpanzee Rights: The Philosophers’ Brief, a group of renowned philosophers considers these questions. Carefully and clearly, they examine the four lines of reasoning the courts have used to deny chimpanzee personhood: species, contract, community, and capacities. None of these, they argue, merits disqualifying chimpanzees from personhood. The authors conclude that when judges face the choice between seeing Kiko and Tommy as things and seeing them as persons—the only options under current law—they should conclude that Kiko and Tommy are persons who should therefore be protected from unlawful confinement "in keeping with the best philosophical standards of rational judgment and ethical standards of justice." Chimpanzee Rights: The Philosophers’ Brief—an extended version of the amicus brief submitted to the New York Court of Appeals in Kiko’s and Tommy’s cases—goes to the heart of fundamental issues concerning animal rights, personhood, and the question of human and nonhuman nature. It is essential reading for anyone interested in these issues.
What It Means to Be 98% Chimpanzee
What It Means to Be 98% Chimpanzee - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook What It Means to Be 98% Chimpanzee write by Jonathan Marks. This book was released on 2003-11. What It Means to Be 98% Chimpanzee available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Focusing on the remarkable similarity between chimp and human DNA, the author explores the role of molecular genetics, anthropology, biology, and psychology in the human-ape relationship.
Chimpanzees in Research
Chimpanzees in Research - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Chimpanzees in Research write by Committee on Long-Term Care of Chimpanzees. This book was released on 1997-09-01. Chimpanzees in Research available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Chimpanzees in biomedical and behavioral research constitute a national resource that has been valuable in addressing national health needs. Facilities that house chimpanzees owned and supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have successfully met the research requirements of the scientific community. The captive chimpanzee population in the United States has grown substantially, particularly over the last decade. That growth is due primarily to the success of the NIH-sponsored Chimpanzee Breeding and Research Program, which achieved the birth numbers thought necessary to meet the projected needs of biomedical research. However, the expected level of use of the chimpanzee model in biomedical research did not materialize, and that has created a complex problem that threatens both the availability of chimpanzees for research in the future and the infrastructure required to ensure the well-being of captive chimpanzees used in biomedical research. Because the present system is fragmented, it is impossible to formulate an accurate overview of the size and nature of the chimpanzee population. But, if the chimpanzee is to continue to be used in biomedical research responsibly, effectively, and cost-effectively, we must be able to oversee, track, and coordinate the maintenance and use of chimpanzees and to control the size of the population. To assess the long-range situation and to develop, implement, and monitor the application of policies for the proper use and care of chimpanzees, an authoritative, centralized oversight structure is imperative. Once it is in place, it will be possible to refine and implement this report's recommendations.
Rattling The Cage
Rattling The Cage - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Rattling The Cage write by Steven M. Wise. This book was released on 2014-07-08. Rattling The Cage available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Rattling the Cage explains how the failure to recognize the basic legal rights of chimpanzees and bonobos in light of modern scientific findings creates a glaring contradiction in our law. In this witty, moving, persuasive, and impeccably researched argument, Wise demonstrates that the cognitive, emotional, and social capacities of these apes entitle them to freedom from imprisonment and abuse.
The Chimpanzee Family Book
The Chimpanzee Family Book - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Chimpanzee Family Book write by Jane Goodall. This book was released on 1989. The Chimpanzee Family Book available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. British naturalist Jane Goodall provides an intimate portrait of a group of chimpanzees in the jungles of Africa which she has studied for many years.
