Citation
Paez, Eze (2017) What harmful practices? The material scope of animal protection legislation. Animal Sentience 16(17)
Commentary Type
Invited Commentary
Thread
Jonathan Birch, Animal sentience and the precautionary principle
Abstract
Jonathan Birch proposes a criterion for the subjective scope of animal protection legislation. He says nothing about its material scope: which harmful practices it should regulate. I argue, first, that most moral views would agree that the worst forms of animal exploitation should be legally forbidden, even if there will inevitably be disagreement about some cases of animal experimentation. I also argue that, when feasible, there should be legal provisions to help wild animals.
DOI
10.51291/2377-7478.1260
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