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Hello James:
Certainly, you are not implying that all of the reviews and endorsements
for Professor Balcombe's book are bogus, are you? Why don't you ask
Panksepp why he endorsed Balcombe's book rather than impugning the
endorsement and Dr. Panksepp for a dishonest endorsement.
As for his short comments, perhaps he has changed his position about
animal experimentation? I don't know that but it doesn't negate the value
of this type of exposition. I'm certain also that Professor Balcomb is
presenting a highly subjective analysis because until we can talk to dogs
and cats how are we to know what they are really thinking? I do know
however, as Professor Balcomb knows, that anyone who has animal companions
(and I have always have) that they show emotion and they have feelings and
there has been a ample empirical evidence to suggest that animals can
experience a whole range of pain to pleasure. And, I look forward to
reading the book in May.
I think because we have the great benefit of being able to think about a
whole range of things (everything really) which improves our ability to
survive and reproduce; the entire purpose of our being here at all it is
also perhaps a curse to be able to think about ethics which is something
we make up so we can feel good about ourselves but also having a primary
purpose of insuring our survival but some of us can go against the
inherent genetic nature and try to create a little nurture about
cohabitating peacefully and with some justice - and feeling all right or
better about how we do that in the short time before our metabolism is
extincquished.
Hank
// Hank
> From: "James a. Mulick, PhD" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> Oh for gods' sake, Panksepp is an animal researcher who does PHYSIOLOGICAL
> research (unless he has retired - I haven't spoken to him in five years or
> so) and with whom I have collaborated, and to whom I have served MEAT! He
> likes a good read as much as anybody and has a finely tuned aesthetic sense.
> In fact, most researchers like him take pleasure in other species and think
> what they do in the lab celebrates all life and reveals its mysteries. It is
> not progressive to be a fool about the science accomplished with this kind
> of research.
>
>
> James A. Mulick, Ph.D.
> Professor, Pediatrics & Psychology
> The Ohio State University
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> For those progressives who may wish to know more about the ethics of sharing
> this planet with other species, I recommend anything written by Jonathan
> Balcombe. This is his book and credentials:
>
>
> Pleasurable Kingdom
> Animals and the Nature of Feeling Good
> Jonathan Balcombe
>
> May 2006 1403986010
> 256 Pages 16.99 / US$24.95
>
> Reviews
>
> "Dr. Balcombe convincingly argues that animals are individual beings with a
> wide range of emotions and feeling. If he is correct - and I believe he is -
> it follows that we must grapple with the ethical consequences of his
> important insights." Wayne Pacelle, President & CEO, The Humane Society of
> the United States
>
> 'Pleasurable Kingdom is a love affair with our fellow beings. Balcombe
> tempts us to consider, more open-mindedly than ever before, the experiences
> of animals in more ways than traditional science has yet acknowledged,
> perhaps even imagined.' Professor Jaak Panksepp, author of Affective
> Neuroscience
> <snip>
>
>
> // eompost 440AFFC3:BE83.1:carjfivrjf
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