Animal suffering in factory farming and the best way to prevent it

Title: Animal suffering in factory farming and the best way to prevent it
Creator: Watkins, Gareth
ThesisAdvisor: Vermaak, Marius
Subject: Vegetarianism -- Moral and ethical aspects Food animals -- Moral and ethical aspects Animal rights Animal welfare Animal welfare -- Moral and ethical aspects Vegetarianism
Date: 2005
Type: Thesis
Type: Masters
Type: MA
Identifier: vital:2728
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1003736
Description: This thesis moves beyond the traditional approaches of how we ought to treat animals, and instead concentrates on the best strategy for preventing animal suffering in the farming industry. Chapter 1 considers the question of how we can know that animals feel pain, and concludes not only that it is rational to believe that they can, but also that this is a significant fact. Chapter 2 then analyses one possible strategy for helping to prevent animal suffering, namely demi-vegetarianism. For a number of reasons, however, this strategy is found to be flawed, therefore Chapter 3 analyses a second possible strategy, namely vegetarianism, and concludes that this is, in fact, the best strategy for helping to prevent animal suffering in the farming industry.
Format: 80 leaves, pdf
Publisher: Rhodes University, Faculty of Humanities, Philosophy
Language: English
Rights: Watkins, Gareth

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