Killing Happy Animals: Explorations in Utilitarian Ethics by Visak, Tatjana

Killing Happy Animals: Explorations in Utilitarian Ethics (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781137286260)

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Killing Happy Animals: Explorations in Utilitarian Ethics by Visak, Tatjana

Killing Happy Animals: Explorations in Utilitarian Ethics

$99.99
Killing Happy Animals: Explorations in Utilitarian Ethics by Visak, Tatjana

Killing Happy Animals: Explorations in Utilitarian Ethics

$99.99
Format: Hardcover
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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.

Author: Kenneth A. Loparo
ISBN-10: 1137286261
ISBN-13: 9781137286260
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 08/23/2013
Pages: 188
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.50w x 0.70d
By Kenneth A. Loparo
By Kenneth A. Loparo
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Tatjana Visak is a lecturer at the Centre for Human Bioethics at Monash University, Australia. Previously she has worked as a lecturer/researcher in ethics at various Dutch universities. Her special interests are Animal Ethics, Bioethics, Utilitarianism and Value Theory.

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