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Ethics of Killing Animals
Taschenbuch von Tatjana Visak (u. a.)
Sprache: Englisch

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While it is generally accepted that animal welfare matters morally, it is less clear how to morally evaluate the ending of an animal's life. It seems to matter for the animal whether it experiences pain or pleasure, or enjoyment or suffering. But does it also matter for the animal whether it lives or dies? Is a longer life better for an animal than a shorter life? If so, under what conditions is this so, and why is this the case? Is it better for an animal to live rather than never to be born at all? The Ethics of Killing Animals addresses these value-theoretical questions about animal life, death and welfare. It also discusses whether and how answers to these questions are relevant for our moral duties towards animals. Is killing animals ever morally acceptable and, if so, under what conditions? Do animals have moral rights, such as the right to life and should they be accorded legal rights? How should our moral duties towards animals inform our individual behavior and policy-making? This volume presents a collection of contributions from major thinkers in ethics and animal welfare, with a special focus on the moral evaluation of killing animals.
While it is generally accepted that animal welfare matters morally, it is less clear how to morally evaluate the ending of an animal's life. It seems to matter for the animal whether it experiences pain or pleasure, or enjoyment or suffering. But does it also matter for the animal whether it lives or dies? Is a longer life better for an animal than a shorter life? If so, under what conditions is this so, and why is this the case? Is it better for an animal to live rather than never to be born at all? The Ethics of Killing Animals addresses these value-theoretical questions about animal life, death and welfare. It also discusses whether and how answers to these questions are relevant for our moral duties towards animals. Is killing animals ever morally acceptable and, if so, under what conditions? Do animals have moral rights, such as the right to life and should they be accorded legal rights? How should our moral duties towards animals inform our individual behavior and policy-making? This volume presents a collection of contributions from major thinkers in ethics and animal welfare, with a special focus on the moral evaluation of killing animals.
Über den Autor
Tatjana Visak is a postdoctoral fellow at the Philosophy Department of Mannheim University and the Philosophy Department of Saarland University, Germany.

Robert Garner is Professor of Politics at the University of Leicester.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • List of Contributors

  • List of Figures

  • Acknowledgments

  • Introduction (Tatjana Visak and Robert Garner)

  • Part I: Animals and the Harm of Death

  • 1. Killing as a Welfare Issue (T.J. Kasperbauer and Peter Sandøe)

  • 2. Death, Pain and Animal Life (Christopher Belshaw)

  • 3. Is Death Bad for a Cow? (Ben Bradley)

  • 4. The Comparative Badness for Animals of Suffering and Death (Jeff McMahan)

  • 5. Animal Interests (Steven Luper)

  • 6. The Value of Coming into Existence (Nils Holtug)

  • Part II: Moral Evaluation of Killing Animals

  • 7. Do Utilitarians Need to Accept the Replaceability Argument? (Tatjana Visak)

  • 8. Singer on Killing Animals (Shelly Kagan)

  • 9. A Kantian Case for Animal Rights (Christine Korsgaard)

  • 10. Kantian Constructivism and the Ethics of Killing Animals (Frederike Kaldewaij)

  • Part III: Killing Animals and the Politicization of Normative Ethics

  • 11. Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness? Specifying the Rights of Animals (Alasdair Cochrane)

  • 12. Welfare, Rights, and Non-ideal Theory (Robert Garner)

  • Afterword by Peter Singer

  • References

  • Index

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
Genre: Importe, Technik allg.
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9780199396085
ISBN-10: 0199396086
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Visak, Tatjana
Garner, Robert
Singer, Peter
Hersteller: Oxford University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 234 x 156 x 16 mm
Von/Mit: Tatjana Visak (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.10.2015
Gewicht: 0,461 kg
Artikel-ID: 120665108
Über den Autor
Tatjana Visak is a postdoctoral fellow at the Philosophy Department of Mannheim University and the Philosophy Department of Saarland University, Germany.

Robert Garner is Professor of Politics at the University of Leicester.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • List of Contributors

  • List of Figures

  • Acknowledgments

  • Introduction (Tatjana Visak and Robert Garner)

  • Part I: Animals and the Harm of Death

  • 1. Killing as a Welfare Issue (T.J. Kasperbauer and Peter Sandøe)

  • 2. Death, Pain and Animal Life (Christopher Belshaw)

  • 3. Is Death Bad for a Cow? (Ben Bradley)

  • 4. The Comparative Badness for Animals of Suffering and Death (Jeff McMahan)

  • 5. Animal Interests (Steven Luper)

  • 6. The Value of Coming into Existence (Nils Holtug)

  • Part II: Moral Evaluation of Killing Animals

  • 7. Do Utilitarians Need to Accept the Replaceability Argument? (Tatjana Visak)

  • 8. Singer on Killing Animals (Shelly Kagan)

  • 9. A Kantian Case for Animal Rights (Christine Korsgaard)

  • 10. Kantian Constructivism and the Ethics of Killing Animals (Frederike Kaldewaij)

  • Part III: Killing Animals and the Politicization of Normative Ethics

  • 11. Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness? Specifying the Rights of Animals (Alasdair Cochrane)

  • 12. Welfare, Rights, and Non-ideal Theory (Robert Garner)

  • Afterword by Peter Singer

  • References

  • Index

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
Genre: Importe, Technik allg.
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9780199396085
ISBN-10: 0199396086
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Visak, Tatjana
Garner, Robert
Singer, Peter
Hersteller: Oxford University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 234 x 156 x 16 mm
Von/Mit: Tatjana Visak (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.10.2015
Gewicht: 0,461 kg
Artikel-ID: 120665108
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