Run, Spot, Run - The Ethics of Keeping Pets Pierce Jessica Pevná vazba
Run, Spot, Run - The Ethics of Keeping Pets Pierce Jessica Pevná vazba A life shared with pets brings many emotions. But there's another emotion, less often acknowledged, that can be nearly as…
Specifikacia Run, Spot, Run - The Ethics of Keeping Pets Pierce Jessica Pevná vazba
Run, Spot, Run - The Ethics of Keeping Pets Pierce Jessica Pevná vazba
A life shared with pets brings many emotions. But there's another emotion, less often acknowledged, that can be nearly as powerful: guilt. We feel love for our companions, certainly, and happiness at the thought that we're providing them with a safe, healthy life.
Is keeping pets actually good for the pets themselves?That's the question that animates Jessica Pierce's powerful Run, Spot, Run. When we see our cats gazing wistfully out the window, or watch a goldfish swim lazy circles in a bowl, we can't help but wonder: are we doing the right thing, keeping these independent beings locked up, subject to our control? A lover of pets herself (including, over the years, dogs, cats, fish, rats, hermit crabs, and more), Pierce understands the joys that pets bring us.
But she also refuses to deny the ambiguous ethics at the heart of the relationship, and through a