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基本説明
Creatively applies economic principles to provide a new and fresh perspective on animal welfare and the food industry.
Full Description
For much of human history, most of the population lived and worked on farms but today, information about livestock is more likely to come from children's books than hands-on experience. When romanticized notions of an agrarian lifestyle meet with the realities of the modern industrial farm, the result is often a plea for a return to antiquated production methods. The result is a brewing controversy between animal activist groups, farmers, and consumers that is currently being played out in ballot boxes, courtrooms, and in the grocery store. Where is one to turn for advice when deciding whether to pay double the price for cage-free eggs, or in determining how to vote on ballot initiates seeking to ban practices such as the use of gestation crates in pork production or battery cage egg production? At present, there is no clear answer. What is missing from the animal welfare debate is an objective approach that can integrate the writings of biologists and philosophers, while providing a sound and logical basis for determining the consequences of farm animal welfare policies. What is missing in the debate? Economics.
This book journeys from the earliest days of animal domestication to modern industrial farms. Delving into questions of ethics and animal sentience, the authors use data from ingenious consumers' experiments conducted with real food, real money, and real animals to compare the costs and benefits of improving animal care. They show how the economic approach to animal welfare raises new questions and ethical conundrums, as well as providing unique and counter-intuitive results.
Contents
1. Economics and the Farm Animal Welfare Debate ; 2. A Complex Relationship: A Natural and Cultural History of Humans and Their Livestock ; 3. Animal Farms, Animal Activism: The Emergence of Factory Farms and Its Opposition ; 4. Animal Qualia: Investigating Animal Sentience ; 5. Raising the Animal: The Life of Birds, Pigs, and Cows ; 6. Talking With Philosophers: How Philosophers Discuss Farm Animal Welfare ; 7. Talking With Economists: How Economists Discuss Farm Animal Welfare ; 8. Your Eating Ethics: A Guide to Eating Based on Your Beliefs and Preferences ; 9. Consumer Expressions: The Willingness of Consumers to Pay Higher Food Prices in Return for Improved Animal Care ; 10. Farm Animal Welfare and the State ; 11. The Question Before Us
