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Is Having Pets Morally Permissible?

In this article, I consider the question of whether having pets is morally permissible. However, I do so indirectly by considering three objections to the practice of having pets - what I shall call the 'restriction of freedom objection', the 'property objection', and the 'dependency objection'. The...

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Published in:Journal of Applied Philosophy Vol. 33; no. 3; pp. 327 - 344
Main Author: Toit, Jessica
Format: Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Aug2016
Subjects:
Pets
Ethics
Liberty
Choice (Psychology)
Domestic animals
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