The end of animal life: a start for ethical debate : ethical and societal considerations on killing animals

Killing animals is common practice, yet it is not morally neutral. The end of animal life is related to many societal and ethical questions and concerns. Questions such as how long should we continue to treat an animal before putting it down? But also the question whether it could be legitimate to k...

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Other Authors: Meijboom, Franck L. B. (Editor), Stassen, Elsbeth N. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Wageningen Wageningen Academic Publ 2016
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Online Access:Volltext
Summary:Killing animals is common practice, yet it is not morally neutral. The end of animal life is related to many societal and ethical questions and concerns. Questions such as how long should we continue to treat an animal before putting it down? But also the question whether it could be legitimate to kill individual animals for the welfare of the herd or of future generations. The ongoing public and academic discussions on these, and on other well-known questions like those related to the killing of animals for food or for scientific purposes, show that there is no one standard evaluation of animal life. This book is an edited volume that enables the reader to get a grip on that plurality of views with regard to animals. It helps to deal with the many questions related to the end of animal life. The chapters show how the plurality of views on killing animals is related to moral presuppositions by providing a clear overview of the ethical views on end-of
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Part I. Ethical theory and normative considerations -- Part II. Societal debates in the context of killing animals for animal disease prevention and control -- Part III. Killing in different practices of animal use -- Part IV. Between wild and kept
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource
ISBN:9789086868087
9086868088
DOI:10.3920/978-90-8686-808-7

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