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Commentary Type

Invited Commentary

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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.

Author Biography

Eze Paez is a postdoctoral researcher at the Centre for Ethics, Politics and Society, University of Minho, and a member of Animal Ethics. He studies normative and applied ethics, especially ontological and normative aspects of abortion and the moral consideration of nonhuman animals.

uminho.academia.edu/EzePaez

DOI

10.51291/2377-7478.1260