This book has its origin in a special symposium held at the VIII World Congress on Animal Production held in June 1998 in Korea. Additional chapters have been specially commissioned for inclusion in the book.

1: Preface 2: Biographies of Editors and Authors 3: Why Livestock, Ethics and Quality of Life?, John Hodges 4: Animal Biotechnology: Convergence of Science, Law and Ethics, Brian R Heap and G C W Spencer 5: Animal Welfare and Use, Donald Bruce and Ann Bruce 6: Agribusiness and Consumer Ethical Concerns over Animal Use and Foods of Animal Origin: the Emergence of New Ethical Thinking in Society, Bernard E Rollin 7: An Alternative Ethic for Animals, G L Comstock 8: Consumer Expectations for Animal Products: Availability, Price, Safety and Quality, Shin-haeng Huh 9: Ethics, Culture and Development: Livestock, Poverty and Quality of Rural Life, Denis Goulet 10: Intensification of Agriculture and Free Trade, D Juday 11: Livestock, Ethics and Quality of Life in Asia: the Food-Feed Dimension of Grain Demand, Gurdev S Khush, M C Sombilla and M Hossain 12: Livestock, Ethics, Quality of Life and Development in Latin America, Hugo Li-Pun, C U Leon-Velarde andV M Mares 13: Livestock, Ethics, Quality of Life and Development in Africa, George K Kinoti 14: The Relationship of Ethics to Livestock and Quality of Life, E David Cook 15: Community of Life - the Ethical Way Forward, John Hodges 16: Index