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Richard P. Haynes: Animal welfare: Competing conceptions and their ethical implication

Richard P. Haynes: Animal welfare: Competing conceptions and their ethical implication Agric Hum Values (2010) 27:531–532 DOI 10.1007/s10460-010-9289-3 Richard P. Haynes: Animal welfare: Competing conceptions and their ethical implication Springer, London and New York, 2008, 162 pp, ISBN 978-1-4020-8618-2 Anna Peterson Published online: 17 October 2010 Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2010 This valuable book serves two equally important purposes: it Among the most influential and vocal advocates of a provides an intellectual history of the idea of ‘‘animal wel- welfarist approach are scientists who study and use ani- fare’’ and it also presents an ethical analysis of the uses and mals. Scientific interpretations of animal welfare, Haynes misuses of the term. The book’s two aims cannot be fully argues, rest on assertions of expert authority combined with separated, since the ethical analysis is fully grounded in self-interested pragmatism. Like other reformists, welfar- historical information. The author, philosopher Richard ists often advocate for less than optimal care for non- Haynes, conceived the book out of his experience on a human animals. The arguments for such compromises rest committee that oversees the care of non-human animals at on problematic claims, notably the assertion that death is his home institution. Seeking to understand and justify his not a harm for animals that lack http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Agriculture and Human Values Springer Journals

Richard P. Haynes: Animal welfare: Competing conceptions and their ethical implication

Agriculture and Human Values , Volume 27 (4) – Oct 17, 2010

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Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 2010 by Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
Subject
Philosophy; Ethics; Agricultural Economics; Veterinary Medicine/Veterinary Science; History, general; Evolutionary Biology
ISSN
0889-048X
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1572-8366
DOI
10.1007/s10460-010-9289-3
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Agric Hum Values (2010) 27:531–532 DOI 10.1007/s10460-010-9289-3 Richard P. Haynes: Animal welfare: Competing conceptions and their ethical implication Springer, London and New York, 2008, 162 pp, ISBN 978-1-4020-8618-2 Anna Peterson Published online: 17 October 2010 Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2010 This valuable book serves two equally important purposes: it Among the most influential and vocal advocates of a provides an intellectual history of the idea of ‘‘animal wel- welfarist approach are scientists who study and use ani- fare’’ and it also presents an ethical analysis of the uses and mals. Scientific interpretations of animal welfare, Haynes misuses of the term. The book’s two aims cannot be fully argues, rest on assertions of expert authority combined with separated, since the ethical analysis is fully grounded in self-interested pragmatism. Like other reformists, welfar- historical information. The author, philosopher Richard ists often advocate for less than optimal care for non- Haynes, conceived the book out of his experience on a human animals. The arguments for such compromises rest committee that oversees the care of non-human animals at on problematic claims, notably the assertion that death is his home institution. Seeking to understand and justify his not a harm for animals that lack

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Published: Oct 17, 2010

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