The End of Animal Life: A Start for Ethical Debate

You’d do well to pick up ‘The End of Animal Life: a Start for Ethical Debate’ by Meijboom and Stassen because the idea of reading a 260-page book about killing animals is not an attractive one. Do so, however, and you will find this volume goes some way to advance the area of ethical study in a neglected subject, which is both divisive and subjective. Reading this book makes you question your own rationale in killing animals. Individuals have contrasting opinions on killing for disease control, killing ‘waste’ animals in food production, killing pets and killing pest animals. This volume addresses such situations and delves into the divisive issues that subsequently occur. Part 1 addresses and explains the principal theories and ideas, including the value of life and the welfare impacts of killing. The concepts of ‘killing’ and ‘harm’ are addressed first, which subsequently brings the reader to the...
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