Valuing animals as they are—Whether they feel it or not.
Dressing up animals in ridiculous costumes, shaming dogs on the internet, playing Big Buck Hunter at the local tavern, feeding vegan food to cats, and producing and consuming "knockout" animals, what, if anything, do these acts have in common? In this article, I develop two respect‐based arguments t...
| Published in: | European Journal of Philosophy Vol. 28; no. 3; pp. 770 - 789 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Sep2020
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| Summary: | Dressing up animals in ridiculous costumes, shaming dogs on the internet, playing Big Buck Hunter at the local tavern, feeding vegan food to cats, and producing and consuming "knockout" animals, what, if anything, do these acts have in common? In this article, I develop two respect‐based arguments that explain how these acts are morally problematic, even though they might not always, if ever, affect the experiential welfare of animals. While these acts are not ordinary wrongs, they are animal dignitary wrongs. |
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