Cognitive kin, moral strangers? : : linking animal cognition, animal ethics & animal welfare / / by Judith Benz-Schwarzburg ; translation prepared by Mark Kanak ; edited by Susana Monsó, Evan White, Judith Benz-Schwarzburg.

• Superior document: Human-animal studies ; Volume 23
• VerfasserIn: Benz-Schwarzburg, Judith,
• TeilnehmendeR: Kanak, Mark,; Monsó, Susana,; White, Evan,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2020.; ©2012
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English; German
• Series: Human-animal studies ; Volume 23.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource
• Notes: "Originally published as Verwandte im Geiste - Fremde im Recht : sozio-kognitive Fähigkeiten bei Tieren und ihre Relevanz für Tierethik und Tierschutz. Copyright © 2012 by Harald Fischer Verlag GmbH, Erlangen"--Title page verso.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9004415076
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: by Judith Benz-Schwarzburg ; translation prepared by Mark Kanak ; edited by Susana Monsó, Evan White, Judith Benz-Schwarzburg.

In Cognitive Kin, Moral Strangers? , Judith Benz-Schwarzburg reveals the scope and relevance of cognitive kinship between humans and non-human animals. She presents a wide range of empirical studies on culture, language and theory of mind in animals and then leads us to ask why such complex socio-cognitive abilities in animals matter. Her focus is on ethical theory as well as on the practical ways in which we use animals. Are great apes maybe better described as non-human persons? Should we really use dolphins as entertainers or therapists? Benz-Schwarzburg demonstrates how much we know already about animals’ capabilities and needs and how this knowledge should inform the ways in which we treat animals in captivity and in the wild.