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Killing happy animals : = explorations in utilitarian ethics /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Killing happy animals :/ Tatjana Visak, Monash University, Australia.
Reminder of title:	explorations in utilitarian ethics /
Author:	Višak, Tatjana,
Description:	1 online resource.
Subject:	Animal rights - Moral and ethical aspects. -
Online resource:	http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9781137286277
ISBN:	113728627X (electronic bk.)

Killing happy animals : = explorations in utilitarian ethics /
Višak, Tatjana,1974-

Killing happy animals :explorations in utilitarian ethics /Tatjana Visak, Monash University, Australia. - 1 online resource.

Includes bibliographical references.

Series Editors' Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Utilitarianism and Animal Husbandry -- 2. Animals and the Harm of Death -- 3. The Replaceability Argument -- 4. Total View versus Prior Existence View -- 5. Can Existence be Better for a Being than Non-Existence? -- 6. Person-Affecting Restriction and Non-Identity Problem -- 7. Repugnant Conclusion and Expected Misery Argument -- 8. Veganism versus Animal-Friendly Animal Husbandry.

Is it acceptable to kill an animal that has been granted a pleasant life? This book rigorously explores the moral basis of the ideal of animal-friendly animal husbandry. Utilitarianism is recognised as being the moral theory that, historically, has contributed most to the recognition of animal suffering as an evil. This book sheds new light on utilitarian moral theory by pointing out the assumptions and implications of two different versions of utilitarianism. One version, total utilitarianism, can indeed morally justify the routine killing of animals, provided that they have been granted pleasant lives. The other version, prior existence utilitarianism, implies a much stronger protection for animals, both human and non-human. Hence, in opposition to what is typically brought forward in the classrooms and in the literature, the utilitarian concern with animals need not be restricted to the avoidance of suffering. Utilitarianism has the resources to oppose the routine killing of animals, as practiced in animal husbandry and many other common practices of animal use.

ISBN: 113728627X (electronic bk.)

Source: 640101Palgrave Macmillanhttp://www.palgraveconnect.comSubjects--Topical Terms:

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Animal rights
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Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: BJ1031 / .V57 2013

Dewey Class. No.: 179/.3

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