Killing happy animals : explorations in utilitarian ethics

Author(s)

• Visak, Tatjana

Bibliographic Information

Killing happy animals : explorations in utilitarian ethics

Tatjana Visak, Monash University, Australia

（The Palgrave Macmillan animal ethics series）

Palgrave Macmillan, 2013

Note

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

Description and Table of Contents

Description

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.

Table of Contents

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

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BB15668163
• ISBN:
  • 9781137286260
• LCCN: 2013029250
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Basingstoke
• Pages/Volumes: ix, 188 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : BJ1031
  • DC23 : 179/.3
• Subject Headings:
  • 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
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BB05242733