Introduction

In the heyday of logical empiricism, science was seen as the most pure of human activities; the model was almost one of "disembodied knowledge acquisition." While many scientists continue to give obeisance to some such picture, it has long since met its demise in the broader intellectual community. Books such as Watson painted a very different picture of scientific discovery than was suggested by the logical empiricist model. One area in which our relations with nonhuman animals are morally problematic is that of domestication. Thomas Daniels and Marc Bekoff review its history and identify its major features. They disapprove of some of what has been done in the past and their outlook for the future is even bleaker. Lawson Crowe is concerned with ethical issues in genetics. Here, humans are the "doers" but humans also are the recipients. Although Crowe's focus is more on humans than nonhumans, there are a number of important points of connection.