Weighing Animal Welfare - Comparing Well-Being Across Species

When, if ever, is it better to spend money to improve pig welfare over chicken welfare? Which species of fish is worse off in commercial aquaculture operations? When, if ever, would humans benefit less from a policy than animals stand to lose? As governments, NGOs, and private actors regularly make decisions about these questions colored by particular views, this volume provides a methodology for making such comparisons, it puts that methodology into practice, and then reports some tentative, proof-of-concept results.

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About the author

Bob Fischer is a Senior Researcher at Rethink Priorities, and Professor of Philosophy at Texas State University, and the Director of the Society for the Study of Ethics & Animals. He has published widely on problems in applied ethics. His recent books include Wildlife Ethics: Animal Ethics in Wildlife Management and Conservation ( 2023; with Clare Palmer, Christian Gamborg, Jordan Hampton, and Peter Sandøe) and Animal Ethics - A Contemporary Introduction (2020). He's also the editor of The Routledge Handbook of Animal Ethics (2020).

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Weighing Animal Welfare is the most comprehensive synthesis to date of what we know - and what we have yet to learn - about the capacity of species across the tree of life to experience pleasure and pain. This book makes a persuasive case that many more animals matter - and matter more - than many of us thought. It will serve as an essential tool for decision-makers and a helpful framework for future research into animal wellbeing.

Product details

• Authors: Bob (Senior Researcher Fischer
• Assisted by: Bob Fischer (Editor), Fischer Bob (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.12.2024
• EAN: 9780197745762
• ISBN: 978-0-19-774576-2
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Agribusiness, Ethics & moral philosophy, Animals & society, Ethics and moral philosophy, Ethical issues & debates, Animals and society, Agricultural Economics, Ethical issues and debates, Agricultural and rural economics