Darwinian dominion : animal welfare and human interests /

Petrinovich (psychology, Univ. of California, Riverside) believes that the ethics of animal welfare should be grounded in "evolutionary principles." To that end, he has devoted much of Darwinian Dominion to a consideration of the extent to which culture has set humans apart from other animal species. He develops a pluralistic philosophy in reasoning toward a liberal, humane animal welfare position that rejects the extremes of both animal rights and animal exploitation. Much of the book takes the form of an extended bibliographic essay, reviewing a broad range of relevant literature from biology, medicine, philosophy, and psychology. Petrinovich does not break new ground, but he has provided a valuable summary of the complex multidisciplinary factors bearing upon the controversial question of permissible use of animals by humans. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty. W. P. Hogan; Eastern Michigan University