Browning, Heather and Veit, Walter (2021) Freedom and Animal Welfare. [Preprint]
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The keeping of captive animals in zoos and aquariums has long been controversial. Many take freedom to be a crucial part of animal welfare and on these grounds criticise all forms of animal captivity as harmful to animal welfare, regardless of their provisions. Here, we analyse what it might mean for freedom to matter to welfare, distinguishing between the role of freedom as an intrinsic good, valued for its own sake and an instrumental good, its value arising from the increased ability to provide other important resources. Too often this debate is conducted through trading intuitions about what matters for animals. We argue for the need for collection of comparative welfare data about wild and captive animals in order to settle the issue. Discovering more about the links between freedom and animal welfare will then allow for more empirically-informed ethical decisions regarding captive animals.
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| Keywords: | measurement, animal welfare, freedom, animal welfare science, zoo science, welfare biology, animal ethics | |||||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Biology Specific Sciences > Psychology > Comparative Psychology and Ethology Specific Sciences > Cognitive Science > Consciousness General Issues > Ethical Issues General Issues > Values In Science |
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| Depositing User: | Dr. Walter Veit | |||||||||
| Date Deposited: | 17 Apr 2021 15:15 | |||||||||
| Last Modified: | 05 Feb 2023 14:10 | |||||||||
| Item ID: | 18916 | |||||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Biology Specific Sciences > Psychology > Comparative Psychology and Ethology Specific Sciences > Cognitive Science > Consciousness General Issues > Ethical Issues General Issues > Values In Science |
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| Date: | 2021 | |||||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/18916 |
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