Synopses & Reviews
Animals and Social Work represents a pioneering contribution to the literature of social work ethics and moral philosophy. It advances cogent and detailed arguments for the inclusion of animals within social work's moral framework, arguments that have profound theoretical and practical implications for the discipline and its practitioners.
About the Author
THOMAS RYAN has been a social worker in rural communities in North Queensland and northeast Tasmania, Australia for 18 years. Completing a Bachelor of Social Work degree with Honors in 1993, he was awarded a PhD in 2006. He is an Associate Fellow of the Oxford Center for Animal Ethics.
Table of Contents
Series Editors' Foreword
Animals in the Social Work Tradition: Past and Present
Social Work, Subjectivity, and the Moral World
Social Work's Kindred Creatures: Biological Continuity and Moral Kinship
Social Work and Respect for Individuals
A Morally Inclusive Social Work
Appendix: New Beginnings, Other Ends: An Inclusive Social Work Code of Ethics
Bibliography
Index