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Title

Animal welfare and the intensification of animal production : an alternative interpretation / David Fraser.

Author

Fraser, David (David G.)

Publication

Rome : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2005.

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Description

28 p.; 25 cm.

Summary

This essay explores key features of the intensification of animal production in relation to animal welfare and animal ethics. It looks at some traditional ethical ideas about animal care in order to help explain why the intensification of animal production has become such a prominent social and ethical issue. It suggests that some of the standard claims made by critics of intensive animal production are seriously flawed, and proposes an alternative interpretation to account for some of the key developments in the intensification of animal production. Finally, it explores how this interpretation, if correct, leads us to a different set of actions to address animal welfare concerns in intensive production systems.

Series Statement

FAO readings in ethics, 1729-9454 ; 2

Uniform Title

FAO readings in ethics ; 2.

Subject

• Animal welfare
• Food animals > Production
• Human-animal relationships

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 19-21).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction -- The intensification of animal production -- Intensification and ethical conflict -- The "standard critique" -- An alternative interpretation -- Approaches to promoting animal welfare.

ISBN

9251053863

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library