Killing Happy Animals: Explorations in Utilitarian Ethics

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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.

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  • ISBN13 9781137286277
  • Released 2013
  • Publisher Palgrave Macmillan
  • Format Elektronisk medie
  • Language English