Attitudes To Non Human Animals Flashcards
How were animals percieved 10,000 years ago
Slaughtering only by priests
They’d see them as animated by spirits
Animals give assen to be slaughtered
Knife must be destroyed after slaughter
How to hunter gatherers see animals
Animals fully rational, sentient, intelligent and animated by spirits
Used for living - food etc
Treat animals badly - less chance catching animals
Hunting rituals
Attitudes to non human animals - 4000 years ago
Animals are started to form human civilisation
Livestock used for production
6th to 4th century attitudes to non human animals
Aristotle permitted meat eating and utilised animals for learning such as dissections
Some egetarians and people believed in reincarnation
What did Thomas aquinas say - 1125 - 1274
It matters not how man behaves o animals because gd has subjected all things to man power
What did rene carters say - 156 - 1650
These mechanical robots that could give such a realistic illusion of agony. Animals are different to humans such as material body but unmans have a mind and a material body.
What did Francois say - 16094 - 1788
Has the animal recieved nerves in order to be insensitive or pain: do not assume unchanged contradiction in nature. When we understand animals physiology is similar to humans who are we to say that animals can feel pain like us
What was people’s option on animals in 18th century
Realisation that humans are part of the universe therefore on same level as a plant
Comparative anatomy revealed animals have similarities to human anatomy
Pet are kept
More interaction with animals = simuatiries in the way animals act to humans
What did Jeremy Bentham do 1748 - 1832
Compares animals to the treatment of slaves as he belied animals should be treated fairly. He was saying we shouldn’t discriminate animals for having fur, more eggs
He was interested in how animals cannot talk or reason like us
What was the 19th century view on animals
Changes are seen and legislation comes in
First one in 1822 cruel treatment of cattle act 1822 - stop external people from hurting cows
What did the cruel treatment of cattle act 1822 turn into
Cruelty to animals act 1835 - protected more animals such as bulls, dogs bears etc
What did cruelty t aniamls act 1835 turn into
Cruelty to animals act 1849 - penalities come in for abuse of animals
What did the cruelty to animal act 1849 turn into
The cruelty to animals act 1876 - extended to vertebrate animals in scientific experiments
What did the cruelty to animal act 1876tur into
Wild animals in captivity act 1900 - cruelly abuse infuriate tease or terrify wild animals other than for hunting or preparation of food was bad
What did the wild animals in captivity act 1900 turn into
Protection of animals act 1911 - consolidated as much previous legislation into one set of laws which created the animal welfare act 2006
