Humans’ Best Friend? The Ethical Dilemma of Pets
The main aim of this paper is to demonstrate the need for a reassessment of the moral status of pets. I argue that pets rest on an undefined ethical borderline, which brings several puzzling problems to both human-centered ethics and animal ethics and that neither of these fields adequately handles...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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LED Edizioni Universitarie
2013-11-01
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| Series: | Relations |
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| Online Access: | http://www.ledonline.it/index.php/Relations/article/view/16 |
| Summary: | The main aim of this paper is to demonstrate the need for a reassessment of the moral status of pets. I argue that pets rest on an undefined ethical borderline, which brings several puzzling problems to both human-centered ethics and animal ethics and that neither of these fields adequately handles these issues. I focus specifically on human relationships with companion animals as one of the most significant interspecific relationship involving humans and pets. I also show that a deeper questioning of the moral status of pets is a required step toward the moral rethinking of human-animal relationships. |
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| ISSN: | 2283-3196 2280-9643 |