Death is a Welfare Issue |
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Authors: | James W Yeates |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Clinical Veterinary Science and Centre for Ethics in Medicine, University of Bristol, Langford House, Stock Lane, Langford, Bristol, BS40 5DU, UK |
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Abstract: | It is commonly asserted that “death is not a welfare issue” and this has been reflected in welfare legislation and policy
in many countries. However, this creates a conflict for many who consider animal welfare to be an appropriate basis for decision-making
in animal ethics but also consider that an animal’s death is ethically significant. To reconcile these viewpoints, this paper
attempts to formulate an account of death as a welfare issue. Welfare issues are issues that refer to evaluations concerning
an animal’s interests. This includes evaluations that refer only to comparisons between the presence and absence of states,
including positive states. This means that an animal’s death may be a welfare issue insofar as it leads to the exclusion of
relevant positive states. This allows us to deny that death is necessarily not a welfare issue. |
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