The Animal Life

This thesis puts forward a theory for a new basis of the rights and dignities of animals. The first chapter explains how the neurobiological output / input model can be applied to animal behavior, and suggests that animals—from fruit flies to chimpanzees—and humans are most similar in their desire to experiment with the world around them. The remaining chapters explore the practical implications of considering animals through the output / input model, using literature, the author’s personal experience, biological observations, and historical anecdotes. These chapters seek to prove that animals have much more to offer us than milk and meat.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts

Level thesis:degree_level

masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

English

Department dc:contributor.department

English

Grantor dc:publisher

Virginia Tech

Year dc:date.issued

2017

Author dc:creator

• Denton-Edmundson, Matthew

Chair dc:contributor.committeechair

• Graham, Peter W.

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Gardner, Thomas M.
• Meitner, Erika S.

• Animals
• Literature
• Animal Behavior
• Memoir
• Personal Essay
• Animal Studies
• Poetry

Statement dc:rights

• In Copyright

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Dc Identifier Other

vt_gsexam:12008

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/78391