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...
Main Author: | Matteo Andreozzi |
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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 |
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