Compassion, by the pound
Subtitle: the economics of farm animal welfare
By: F. Bailey Norwood and Jayson L. Lusk
Contributors: Lusk, Jayson
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 409
ISBN-13: 9780199551163
Subjects: Poultry; Moral and ethical aspects; Livestock; Livestock systems; Economics; Animal welfare; Costs; Animal Welfare; Ethics; Economic aspects
Other titles: Economics of farm animal welfare
Description: This study journeys from the earliest days of animal domestication to modern industrial farms. Delving into questions of ethics and animal sentience, the book use data from ingenious consumers' experiments conducted with real food, real money, and real animals to compare the costs and benefits of improving animal care. It shows how the economic approach to animal welfare raises new questions and ethical conundrums, as well as providing unique and counter-intuitive results.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.