Killing Happy Animals: Explorations in Utilitarian Ethics [electronic resource] /
Višak, Tatjana.author.
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.
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""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""List of Figures""; ""Series Editorsâ€? Preface""; ""About the Author""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Utilitarianism and Animal Husbandry""; ""3 Animals and the Harm of Death""; ""4 The Replaceability Argument""; ""5 Total View versus Prior Existence View""; ""6 Can Existence Be Better for a Being Than Non-Existence?""; ""7 Person-Affecting Restriction and Non-Identity Problem""; ""8 Repugnant Conclusion and Expected Misery Argument""; ""9 Veganism versus Animal-Friendly Animal husbandry""; ""10 Conclusions""; ""Appendices                 ""
""Notes            """"Bibliography                   ""; ""Index            ""
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Ethics.
Political science
Social sciences-Philosophy.
Ethics.
Moral Philosophy.
Sociology, general.
Political Philosophy.
Social Philosophy.