Mercy – a Central Virtue in Animal Ethics
In ethical debates regarding modern technologies in livestock production, virtue ethics plays a subordinate role. We address this issue by providing a virtue ethical framework centered on mercy. First, we define mercy as a virtue, which applies when the moral agent can harm someone vulnerable and re...
| Subtitles: | Will Cultured Meat and Fish Save Nonhuman Animals? On Promises and Perils of Consuming Animal Cells For Food |
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| Authors: | ; ; |
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Published: |
2025
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| In: |
Journal of applied animal ethics research
Year: 2025, Volume: 7, Issue: 2, Pages: 281-303 |
| Further subjects: | B
violence inhibitions
B killing inhibitions B animal ethics B Empathy B Mercy B Virtue Ethics |
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