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Animal Ethics in Context

Af: Clare Palmer Engelsk Hardback

Animal Ethics in Context

Af: Clare Palmer Engelsk Hardback
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It is widely agreed that because animals feel pain we should not make them suffer gratuitously. Some ethical theories go even further: because of the capacities that they possess, animals have the right not to be harmed or killed. These views concern what not to do to animals, but we also face questions about when we should, and should not, assist animals that are hungry or distressed. Should we feed a starving stray kitten? And if so, does this commit us, if we are to be consistent, to feeding wild animals during a hard winter? In this controversial book, Clare Palmer advances a theory that claims, with respect to assisting animals, that what is owed to one is not necessarily owed to all, even if animals share similar psychological capacities. Context, history, and relation can be critical ethical factors. If animals live independently in the wild, their fate is not any of our moral business. Yet if humans create dependent animals, or destroy their habitats, we may have a responsibility to assist them. Such arguments are familiar in human cases-we think that parents have special obligations to their children, for example, or that some groups owe reparations to others. Palmer develops such relational concerns in the context of wild animals, domesticated animals, and urban scavengers, arguing that different contexts can create different moral relationships.
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It is widely agreed that because animals feel pain we should not make them suffer gratuitously. Some ethical theories go even further: because of the capacities that they possess, animals have the right not to be harmed or killed. These views concern what not to do to animals, but we also face questions about when we should, and should not, assist animals that are hungry or distressed. Should we feed a starving stray kitten? And if so, does this commit us, if we are to be consistent, to feeding wild animals during a hard winter? In this controversial book, Clare Palmer advances a theory that claims, with respect to assisting animals, that what is owed to one is not necessarily owed to all, even if animals share similar psychological capacities. Context, history, and relation can be critical ethical factors. If animals live independently in the wild, their fate is not any of our moral business. Yet if humans create dependent animals, or destroy their habitats, we may have a responsibility to assist them. Such arguments are familiar in human cases-we think that parents have special obligations to their children, for example, or that some groups owe reparations to others. Palmer develops such relational concerns in the context of wild animals, domesticated animals, and urban scavengers, arguing that different contexts can create different moral relationships.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 216
ISBN-13: 9780231129046
Indbinding: Hardback
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ISBN-10: 0231129041
Kategori: Geovidenskab
Udg. Dato: 23 sep 2010
Længde: 0mm
Bredde: 152mm
Højde: 229mm
Forlag: Columbia University Press
Oplagsdato: 23 sep 2010
Forfatter(e): Clare Palmer
Forfatter(e) Clare Palmer

Kategori Geovidenskab

ISBN-13 9780231129046

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Hardback

Sider 216

Udgave

Længde 0mm

Bredde 152mm

Højde 229mm

Udg. Dato 23 sep 2010

Oplagsdato 23 sep 2010

Forlag Columbia University Press