Zoos

A Philosophical Tour

By: Keekok Lee

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Hardcover | 1 March 2006 | Edition Number 1

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In this book, Keekok Lee asks the question, 'what is an animal, and how does our treatment of it within captivity affect its status as a being ?' This ontological treatment marks the first such approach in looking at animals in captivity. Engaging with the moral questions of zoo-keeping (is it morally justified to keep a wild animal in captivity?) as well as the ontological (what is it that we conserve in zoos after all? A wild animal or its shadow?), Lee develops her own original hypothesis, centred around the concept of 'immuration' - defining this in contrast to domestication - and thereby provides a unique addition to the growing body of work on animal ethics.

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animals and moral dimensions of conservation.' - Markku Oksanen, Department of Philosophy, University of Kuopio, Finland

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Acknowledgements	p. viii
Introduction	p. 1
What Does the Public Find in Zoos?	p. 5
The lay person's conception	p. 5
Conceptions presupposed by animal welfare/liberation and animal rights	p. 7
The zoo's conception	p. 10
The zoological conception	p. 11
Conclusion	p. 15
Animals in the Wild	p. 16
Natural evolution and natural selection	p. 16
Trajectory and the distinction between 'by themselves' and 'for themselves'	p. 17
Implications of natural evolution/natural selection in the light of the notion of trajectory	p. 20
Conclusion	p. 24
'Wild Animals in Captivity': Is This an Oxymoron?	p. 25
'Wild animals in captivity'	p. 25
Freshly caught 'wild animals in captivity'	p. 26
'Wild' is the antonym of 'tame'	p. 27
Conclusion	p. 29
Decontextualised and Recontextualised	p. 30
Geographical dislocation and relocation	p. 31
Recontextualised as a collection of exhibits	p. 32
Habitat dislocation and relocation: the naturalistic environment	p. 35
Conclusion	p. 41
Lifestyle Dislocation and Relocation	p. 42
Spatial miniaturisation in habitat simulation	p. 42
Hotelification	p. 47
Conclusion	p. 49
Suspension of Natural Evolution	p. 51
Medication	p. 51
Suspension of natural evolution	p. 52
Conclusion	p. 57
Domestication and Immuration	p. 58
Domestication: how it is normally defined	p. 58
Immuration	p. 64
Conclusion	p. 78
Biotic Artefacts	p. 81
Artefacts	p. 81
Biotic artefacts	p. 82
Type/token distinction revisited	p. 86
Conclusion	p. 88
Justifications Deemed Serious	p. 89
Scientific research	p. 90
Conservation	p. 93
Education	p. 101
Conclusion	p. 110
Justification Deemed Frivolous	p. 112
Why frivolous?	p. 112
Shared presuppositions	p. 113
Conclusion	p. 116
Philosophy and Policy	p. 118
The zoological conception and its ontological presuppositions	p. 118
The zoo conception and its ontological presuppositions	p. 119
The lay conception and its ontological presuppositions	p. 120
Philosophy of animal welfare	p. 121
Philosophy of animal rights	p. 121
Policy conclusions	p. 122
Conclusion	p. 125
Summary of ontological implications for policy making	p. 127
Environmental Enrichment or Enrichment	p. 128
Notes	p. 132
References and Select Bibliography	p. 166
Index	p. 171
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