Widely Agreeable Moral Principles Support Efforts to Reduce Wild Animal Suffering
Every day, wild animals suffer and die from myriad natural causes. For those committed to non-speciesism, what wild animal suffering entails for us morally is a question of the utmost importance, and yet there remains significant disagreement at the level of normative theory. In this paper I argue t...
| Nebentitel: | Ethics of Zoonosis in Companion Animals |
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| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Brill
2023
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Journal of applied animal ethics research
Jahr: 2023, Band: 5, Heft: 2, Seiten: 221-246 |
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B Justice B Animals B Principles B Beneficence B Autonomy B wild B Non-maleficence |
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| Zusammenfassung: | Every day, wild animals suffer and die from myriad natural causes. For those committed to non-speciesism, what wild animal suffering entails for us morally is a question of the utmost importance, and yet there remains significant disagreement at the level of normative theory. In this paper I argue that in situations of moral urgency environmental managers and policy makers should refer to widely-agreeable moral principles for guidance. I claim that the principles of beneficence, non-maleficence, autonomy and justice do well to capture our widely-held values, and that the first three principles all support large-scale interventions in nature. I then argue that balancing these against non-maleficence will still allow for the careful consideration of interventions, although is unlikely to support lethal methods. This argument is intended to provide a reasonable starting point for theory-agnostic decision makers, and places the burden of proof on those who oppose intervention. |
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| ISSN: | 2588-9567 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Journal of applied animal ethics research
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/25889567-bja10038 |