{"product_id":"saving-animals-saving-ourselves-why-animals-matter-for-pandemics-climate-change-and-other-catastrophes-hardcover","title":"Saving Animals, Saving Ourselves: Why Animals Matter for Pandemics, Climate Change, and Other Catastrophes - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJeff Sebo\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2020, COVID-19, the Australia bushfires, and other global threats served as vivid reminders that human and nonhuman fates are increasingly linked. Human use of nonhuman animals contributes to pandemics, climate change, and other global threats which, in turn, contribute to biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse, and nonhuman suffering. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJeff Sebo argues that humans have a moral responsibility to include animals in global health and environmental policy. In particular, we should reduce our use of animals as part of our pandemic and climate change mitigation efforts and increase our support for animals as part of our adaptation efforts. Applying and extending frameworks such as One Health and the Green New Deal, Sebo calls for reducing support for factory farming, deforestation, and the wildlife trade; increasing support for humane, healthful, and sustainable alternatives; and considering human and nonhuman needs holistically. Sebo also considers connections with practical issues such as education, employment, social services, and infrastructure, as well as with theoretical issues such as well-being, moral status, political status, and population ethics. In all cases, he shows that these issues are both important and complex, and that we should neither underestimate our responsibilities because of our limitations, nor\u003cbr\u003eunderestimate our limitations because of our responsibilities. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBoth an urgent call to action and a survey of what ethical and effective action requires, \u003cem\u003eSaving Animals, Saving Ourselves\u003c\/em\u003e is an invaluable resource for scholars, advocates, policy-makers, and anyone interested in what kind of world we should attempt to build and how.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJeff Sebo\u003c\/strong\u003e is Clinical Associate Professor of Environmental Studies, Affiliated Professor of Bioethics, Medical Ethics, and Philosophy, and Director of the Animal Studies M.A. Program at New York University. He works primarily in bioethics, animal ethics, and environmental ethics. He is co-author of\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eChimpanzee Rights and Food, Animals, and the Environment.\u003c\/em\u003e He is also a board member at Animal Charity Evaluators, a board member at Minding Animals International, and a mentor at Sentient Media. He lives in Brooklyn.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.92 x 8.49 x 5.85 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 08, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42158838317191,"sku":"9780190861018","price":70.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/74ea2c795fd23f72b64c6cf4c788499d.webp?v=1733261980","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/saving-animals-saving-ourselves-why-animals-matter-for-pandemics-climate-change-and-other-catastrophes-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}