Ethics of Human/Animal Relationships is a growing field of academic research and a topic for public discussion and regulatory interventions from law-makers, governments and private institutions. Human/Animal Relationships are in transformation and understanding the nature of this process is crucial for all those believe that the enlargement of moral and legal recognition to non-human animals is part of contemporary civilization and moral/political progress. Understanding the nature of this process means analysing and critical discussing the philosophical/scientific/legal concepts and arguments embedded in it. This book aims at contributing to such analysis by means of collecting ideas and reflections from leading experts in the fields from different disciplinary approaches and theoretical/scientific perspectives. Scopes of the book are both depicting the state of the art of the transformation of human/animal relationships and presenting ideas to foster this process. weiterlesen