Killing Happy Animals: Explorations in Utilitarian Ethics

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Synopsis
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 and sheds new light on utilitarian moral theory by pointing out the assumptions and implications of two different versions of utilitarianism, with surprising conclusions.
Copyright:
2013

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ISBN-13:
9781137286284
Publisher:
Palgrave Macmillan
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Copyrighted By:
Springer
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
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No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Animals, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics, Philosophy
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Bookshare Staff
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This is a copyrighted book.

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