Compassion, by the pound : the economics of farm animal welfare

This study journeys from the earliest days of animal domestication to modern industrial farms. Delving into questions of ethics and animal sentience, the book use data from ingenious consumers' experiments conducted with real food, real money, and real animals to compare the costs and benefits...

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Weitere Titel:
Economics of farm animal welfare
1. Verfasser:
Norwood, F. Bailey
Weitere Verfasser:
Lusk, Jayson (MitwirkendeR)
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Zusammenfassung:
This study journeys from the earliest days of animal domestication to modern industrial farms. Delving into questions of ethics and animal sentience, the book use data from ingenious consumers' experiments conducted with real food, real money, and real animals to compare the costs and benefits of improving animal care. It shows how the economic approach to animal welfare raises new questions and ethical conundrums, as well as providing unique and counter-intuitive results.
Umfang:
1 online resource (xiv, 409 p.) : ill.
Anmerkungen:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-180859-8
Schlagworte:
Livestock systems > Moral and ethical aspects.
Animal welfare > Costs.
Livestock > Economic aspects.
Animals, Domestic.
Social Sciences.
Morals.
Social Control, Formal.
Animal Population Groups.
Psychology, Social.
Sociology.
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms.
Animals.
Eukaryota.
Psychiatry.
Organisms, Genetically Modified.
Animal Welfare.
Economics.
Livestock.
Ethics.
Poultry.
Social Welfare & Social Work
Social Sciences
Social Welfare & Social Work - General
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