"In this book, Bernard Rollin, acknowledged pioneer in veterinary ethics, explores the nature of ethics, ethical reasoning, and ethical decision-making. In Part I, he examines the changing social ethic for animals and discusses its implications for veterinarians' roles in areas of companion animal, food animal, and research medicine. Rollin also discusses the major issue of animal pain and its control."--Jacket.

Preface --pt. I. Theory -- Social, Personal, and Professional Ethics -- Ethics[subscript 1] and Ethics[subscript 2] -- Ethical Vectors in Veterinary Medicine -- The Anatomy of Ethical Decision Making -- The Nature of Ethical Theory -- Effecting Ethical Change -- The Fundamental Question of Veterinary Ethics -- New Patterns of Animal Use -- Articulating a New Ethic for Animals -- Veterinarians and the New Social Ethic for Animals -- How Veterinary Medicine Should Respond to the New Ethic: The Case of Animal Research -- Veterinarians and Farm Animal Welfare -- Veterinarians and Companion Animal Welfare -- Subtle Advantages of Pursuing Companion Animal Welfare -- Pain in Veterinary (and Human) Scientific Medicine -- pt. II. Cases -- Case 1. Cow with cancer eye -- Case 2. Substandard husbandry for sheep -- Case 3. Fracture fixation -- Case 4. Farmer using illegal growth promotant -- Case 5. Client sells known BVD shedders -- Case 6. Client requests dog euthanasia because she is moving -- Case 7. Farmer requests a fetotomy -- Case 8. Suspected dogfighting -- Case 9. Docking and cropping of Dobermans -- Case 10. Leaving a sow untreated -- Case 11. Euthanasia of cat who sprays -- Case 12. Euthanasia of treatable horse for insurance -- Case 13. Euthanasia of grieving dog -- Case 14. Supernumerary teat removal -- Case 15. Breeder seeking euthanasia for puppy with overbite -- Case 16. Veterinary anatomist spaying farm cats -- Case 17. Breeder asking for anesthetics so she can crop ears -- Case 18. Penicillin residue in milk -- Case 19. Marketing heartworm regimen -- Case 20. Dairy farmers using unauthorized feed additive prescribed by a veterinarian -- Case 21. Veterinarian's responsibility when a dog is suspected to be overly aggressive -- Case 22. Painful research designed without analgesia -- Case 23. Clients who insist on continuing treatment for failing cancer dog -- Case 24. Tail docking in dairy cattle -- Case 25. Killing of neonatal buck kids -- Case 26. Veterinarian discovers violations in religious slaughter -- Case 27. Using information about alternative surgical training in hiring -- Case 28. Pig farmer asking for euthanasia solution -- Case 29. Feeding kittens to snakes -- Case 30. Veterinarian seeking maternity leave -- Case 31. Surgical procedures performed by technician -- Case 32. Veterinary liaison with pet store chain providing poor animal care -- Case 33. Freeze-firing of racehorses -- Case 34. Performing cat castration on the farm -- Case 35. Irresponsible veterinarian-breeder -- Case 36. Annual rabies vaccination -- Case 37. Government policy preventing export of breeding swine -- Case 38. Improperly labeled prescription swallowed by child -- Case 39. Referral practice "stealing" clients -- Case 40. Confidentiality and a breeder perpetuating a line of dogs with seizures -- Case 41. Should veterinarians be required to report animal abuse? -- Case 42. Two cases of found dogs -- Case 43. Should a biting dog be adopted out? -- Case 44. Euthanizing sick animals without the owner's permission -- Case 45. Partner's misdiagnosis -- Case 46. Heavy metal toxicosis and slaughter for food -- Case 47. Conflict of interest -- Case 48. Rabies Vaccine for livestock -- Case 49. Homeopathic treatment -- Case 50. Female veterinarian receiving unwelcome attention -- Case 51. Female veterinarian offended by colleagues' humor -- Case 52. Client refuses euthanasia for sick cat -- Case 53. Should veterinarians prescribe drugs to increase productivity? -- Case 54. Previous practitioner leaves sponge in a dog's peritoneum -- Case 55. Illicit importation of boar semen -- Case 56. Misreading of radiograph -- Case 57. Cattery serving as source of FIP -- Case 58. Injured, unowned animal -- Case 59. Writing prescriptions for branded drugs in return for financial incentive -- Case 60. Negligence of an emergency clinician in treating trauma -- Case 61. Poor air quality in swine barn -- Case 62. Supplementing income with prescription drugs -- Case 63. Client's request to euthanize his dog after his death -- Case 64. Confidentiality and an employee's history of drug abuse -- Case 65. Convenience euthanasia of a dog without proper permission -- Case 66. Veterinarian who ignores roundworms in puppies -- Case 67. Stray tattooed beagle -- Case 68. Prescribing and selling pharmaceuticals -- Case 69. Suspected poisoning -- Case 70. Euthanasia of research animal without researcher's permission -- Case 71. Anorexic client not feeding her dog -- Case 72. Improving rural euthanasia -- Case 73. Second commentary on stray tattooed beagle -- Case 74. Bull mastiff with osteosarcoma -- Case 75. Financially stressed client and annual physical -- Case 76. Botched caesarean section -- Case 77. Farmer asking advice of "experts" -- Case 78. Confidentiality in the case of a client selling sick animals -- Case 79. Conflict in obligations to a peer and a client -- Case 80. Reporting a dog being used to carry drugs -- Case 81. An elderly client seeking "unnecessary" medical advice -- Case 82. A cat who fractures both legs after a surgical procedure -- Appendix -- References -- Index.