The Case for Intervention in Nature on Behalf of Animals: a Critical Review of the Main Arguments against Intervention

Autor:	Mikel Torres
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2015
Předmět:	moral consideration of animals wild animals intervention in nature predation environmentalism animal suffering moral agency special obligations natural selection argument from species overlap Ethics BJ1-1725 Social Sciences
Zdroj:	Relations, Vol 3, Iss 1, Pp 33-49 (2015)
Druh dokumentu:	article
ISSN:	2283-3196 2280-9643
DOI:	10.7358/rela-2015-001-torr
Popis:	If we assume that all sentient animals deserve equal moral consideration and, therefore, that their interests are morally relevant, what should be our attitude regarding natural phenomena like predation or starvation which are harmful for many wild animals? Do we have the prima facie moral obligation to try to mitigate unnecessary, avoidable and unjustified animal suffering in nature? In this paper I assume two main theses: (1) Humans and (many) animals deserve equal moral consideration; this implies that (2) We have the prima facie moral obligation to try to mitigate unnecessary, avoidable and unjustified animal suffering. Based on these assumptions, I argue that we are morally obligated to aid animals in the wild whenever doing so would not originate as much or more suffering than it would prevent.
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