Capacity for Welfare across Species

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Tatjana Višak (German philosopher specialising in ethics and political philosophy, German philosopher specialising in ethics and political philosophy)

Capacity for Welfare across Species

Tatjana Višak (German philosopher specialising in ethics and political philosophy, German philosopher specialising in ethics and political philosophy)

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Oxford University Press
02 March 2023

Ethics & moral philosophy; Animals & society; Ethical issues & debates

Is my dog, with his joyful and carefree life, better off than I am? Do hens in battery cages have worse lives than cows at pasture? Will my money improve welfare more if I spend it on helping people or if I benefit chickens? How can we assess the harm of climate change for both humans and non-humans? If we want to systematically compare welfare across species, we first need to explore whether welfare subjects of different species have the same or rather a different capacity for welfare.

According to what seems to be the dominant philosophical view, welfare subjects with higher cognitive capacities have a greater capacity for welfare and are generally much better off than those with lower cognitive capacities. Vi%sak carefully explores and rejects this view. She argues instead that welfare subjects of different species have the same capacity for welfare despite different cognitive capacities. This book prepares the philosophical ground for comparisons of welfare across species. It will inform and inspire ethicists and animal welfare scientists alike, as well as a broader readership interested in wellbeing, animals, and ethics. Besides different views about capacity for welfare across species, the book discusses animal capacities, moral status, harm of death, whether bringing additional well-off individuals into existence is a good thing, and practical implications of these topics for counting and comparing the welfare of animals of different species.

By: Tatjana Višak (German philosopher specialising in ethics and political philosophy German philosopher specialising in ethics and political philosophy)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 223mm, Width: 145mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 330g
ISBN: 9780192882202
ISBN 10: 0192882201
Pages: 160
Publication Date: 02 March 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Tatjana Vi%sak has a BA in psychology, an MA in political science, and a PhD in philosophy. She has been a lecturer and researcher in philosophy at various universities across the globe over the past 20 years. She is currently working in the field of psychology. She is the author of Killing Happy Animals - Explorations in Utilitarian Ethics (Palgrave MacMillan, 2013) and editor of The Ethics of Killing Animals (Oxford University Press, 2016). She has published more than 30 papers about welfare and animal ethics in scientific journals and books.