Killing happy animals : explorations in utilitarian ethics

著者

• Visak, Tatjana

書誌事項

Killing happy animals : explorations in utilitarian ethics

Tatjana Visak, Monash University, Australia

（The Palgrave Macmillan animal ethics series）

Palgrave Macmillan, 2013

注記

Includes bibliographical references (p. 176 - 187) and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

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.

目次

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 Conclusions Appendices Bibliography Index

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BB15668163
• ISBN:
  • 9781137286260
• LCCN: 2013029250
• 出版国コード: us
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Basingstoke
• ページ数/冊数: ix, 188 p.
• 大きさ: 23 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : BJ1031
  • DC23 : 179/.3
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Utilitarianism
  • LCSH : Ethics
  • LCSH : Animal welfare -- Moral and ethical aspects
  • LCSH : Animal rights -- Moral and ethical aspects
  • LCSH : Human-animal relationships -- Moral and ethical aspects
• 親書誌ID:
  • BB05242733