FAO READINGS IN ETHICS 2

FAO READINGS IN ETHICS 2

Animal welfare and the intensification of animal production
An alternative interpretation

David Fraser
Animal Welfare Program
Faculty of Land and Food Systems and
W. Maurice Young Centre for Applied Ethics
University of British Columbia, Canada


FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS

Rome, 2005

 
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Contents

Introduction

The intensification of animal production

Intensification and ethical conflict

The "Standard Critique"

Problems with the Standard Critique

An alternative interpretation

Approaches to promoting animal welfare

Acknowledgements

References

Annex

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