The Moral Implications of Human and Animal Vulnerability

In this open access book, Angela K. Martin thoroughly addresses what human and animal vulnerability are, how and why they matter from a moral point of view, and how they compare to each other. By first defining universal and situational human vulnerability, Martin lays the groundwork for investigati...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Martin, Angela K. (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer Nature 2023
Subjects:
Online Access:DOAB: download the publication
DOAB: description of the publication
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!

MARC

LEADER 00000naaaa2200000uu 4500
001 doab_20_500_12854_100226
005 20230517
003 oapen
006 m o d
007 cr|mn|---annan
008 20230517s2023 xx |||||o ||| 0|eng d
020 |a 978-3-031-25078-1 
020 |a 9783031250781 
020 |a 9783031250774 
040 |a oapen  |c oapen 
024 7 |a 10.1007/978-3-031-25078-1  |c doi 
041 0 |a eng 
042 |a dc 
072 7 |a HPQ  |2 bicssc 
072 7 |a MZ  |2 bicssc 
100 1 |a Martin, Angela K.  |4 auth 
245 1 0 |a The Moral Implications of Human and Animal Vulnerability 
260 |a Cham  |b Springer Nature  |c 2023 
300 |a 1 electronic resource (193 p.) 
336 |a text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
337 |a computer  |b c  |2 rdamedia 
338 |a online resource  |b cr  |2 rdacarrier 
506 0 |a Open Access  |2 star  |f Unrestricted online access 
520 |a In this open access book, Angela K. Martin thoroughly addresses what human and animal vulnerability are, how and why they matter from a moral point of view, and how they compare to each other. By first defining universal and situational human vulnerability, Martin lays the groundwork for investigating whether sentient nonhuman animals can also qualify as vulnerable beings. She then takes a closer look at three different contexts of animal vulnerability: animals used as a source of food, animals used in research, and the fate of wild animals. 
536 |a Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung 
540 |a Creative Commons  |f by/4.0/  |2 cc  |4 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 
546 |a English 
650 7 |a Ethics & moral philosophy  |2 bicssc 
650 7 |a Veterinary medicine  |2 bicssc 
653 |a animal ethics 
653 |a vulnerability 
653 |a speciesism 
653 |a vulnerable populations 
653 |a vulnerable groups 
653 |a universal vulnerability 
856 4 0 |a www.oapen.org  |u https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/62955/1/978-3-031-25078-1.pdf  |7 0  |z DOAB: download the publication 
856 4 0 |a www.oapen.org  |u https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/100226  |7 0  |z DOAB: description of the publication