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Weighing animal welfare : comparing well-being across species /

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"The purpose of this volume is to report the results of a collaborative, 20-month, interdisciplinary project on making tradeoffs across species. I'm the editor because I was the project lead. We aren't all joint authors because some people deserve credit for certain singular contribut...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Fischer, Bob (Robert William) (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2024]
Subjects:
Animal welfare > Research.
Decision making.
Prise de décision.
decision making.
Animal Rights.
NATURE.
Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
PHILOSOPHY.
Public Policy.
POLITICAL SCIENCE.
Ethics & moral philosophy.
Society.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Half Title
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • List of Contributors
  • 1 Introduction
  • 1. The Problem
  • 2. Clarifying the Problem
  • 3. Applications
  • 4. Some Assumptions
  • 5. Why Some of the Assumptions Matter Less than Someone Might Think
  • 6. The Plan for the Book
  • References
  • 2 Defining Welfare Ranges
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. What Welfare Ranges Are Not
  • 3. The Modal Force of "Can"
  • 4. Conclusion
  • References
  • 3 Are All Welfare Ranges the Same?
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Višak's Arguments for EQU and Why They Fail
  • 3. What's Wrong with Relativized Views?
  • 4. Višak's Evolutionary Argument for Bounded Hedonism and EQU
  • 5. Conclusion
  • References
  • 4 The (Un)Reliability of Intuitions
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. What Affects the Evidential Value of Intuitions?
  • 3. Existing Survey Data and Intuition Pumps
  • 4. Conclusion
  • References
  • 5 Using Neuron Counts to Estimate Welfare Ranges
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Which Measures Best Track the General Idea behind Neuron Counts?
  • 3. Critically Evaluating Arguments for Neuron Counts as Proxies
  • 4. A General Argument against Thinking Neuron Counts Are Proxies for Welfare Ranges
  • 5. When Might Neuron Counts Be Useful?
  • 6. Alternative Frameworks
  • 7. Summary and Conclusions
  • References
  • 6 Differences in the Intensity of Valenced Experience across Species
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Measuring the Intensity of Valenced Experience
  • 3. Cognitive Sophistication and Affective Complexity
  • 4. The Evolutionary Role of Valenced Experience
  • 5. Conclusion
  • References
  • 7 A Methodology for Estimating Differences in Welfare Ranges
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Proposed Methodology
  • 3. Complications
  • 4. Conclusion
  • References
  • 8 Some Tentative Welfare Range Estimates
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Proxies
  • 3. Literature Review
  • 4. Aggregation
  • 5. The Details
  • 6. Results
  • 7. Comments on Key Model Choices and Uncertainties
  • 8. Conclusion
  • References
  • 9 Objections, Recommendations, and Conclusions
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Questions and Objections
  • 3. Improving our Methodology
  • 4. Conclusion
  • References
  • Index