| Pleasurable Kingdom: Animals and the Nature of Feeling Good Contributor(s): Balcombe, Jonathan (Author) |
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ISBN: 1403986029 ISBN-13: 9781403986023 Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin OUR PRICE: $20.89 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2007 Annotation: "Pleasurable Kingdom" presents new evidence that animals--like humans--enjoy themselves. From birds to baboons, insects to iguanas, animals feel good thanks to play, sex, touch, food, anticipation, comfort, aesthetics, and more. Combining rigorous evidence, elegant argument and amusing anecdotes, leading animal behavior researcher Jonathan Balcombe shows that the possibility of positive feelings in creatures other than humans has important ethical ramifications for both science and society. For more information please visit the author's website at www.pleasurablekingdom.com |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Life Sciences - Zoology - General - Science | Ethics |
| Dewey: 591.5 |
| Series: MacSci |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.5" W x 8.4" (0.80 lbs) 360 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Pleasurable Kingdom presents new evidence that animals--like humans--enjoy themselves. From birds to baboons, insects to iguanas, animals feel good thanks to play, sex, touch, food, anticipation, comfort, aesthetics, and more. Combining rigorous evidence, elegant argument and amusing anecdotes, leading animal behavior researcher Jonathan Balcombe shows that the possibility of positive feelings in creatures other than humans has important ethical ramifications for both science and society. |
Contributor Bio(s): Balcombe, Jonathan: - Jonathan Balcombe is the director of animal sentience at the Humane Society Institute for Science and Policy and the author of Second Nature and Pleasurable Kingdom. A popular commentator, he has appeared on The Diane Rehm Show, the BBC, and the National Geographic Channel, and in several documentaries, and is a contributor of features and opinions to The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Nature, and other publications. He lives in Maryland. |