Animal ethics in a time of climate changes

H. Röcklinsberg

Animal ethics in a time of climate changes

In: Ethical futures: bioscience and food horizons

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H. Röcklinsberg

H. Röcklinsberg Dept. of Ethics, Centre for Theology and Religious Studies, Lund University, Sweden; Helena.Rocklinsberg@teol.lu.se

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Pages:: 92–96

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.3920/9789086866731_015

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According to recent studies such as the scientific background of the ICPP climate report, the question is not whether but when changes in weather type, temperature and sea level will occur. Therefore, preparation and adjustments in a range of fields are needed. Regarding farming, the role of animals is discussed, as well as the options for securing their future welfare. Different scenarios are possible. Three possible lines of changed praxis are described, and the paper explores what ethical rationales could underpin each scenario. According to the first scenario, increased efficiency in farming is recommended. This solution combines efficient breeds and the ‘least polluting’ species. In ethical reasoning this view would mainly have utilitarian support. In the second scenario, husbandry decreases but is restricted to species that could be used for food and in pharmaceutical industry, e.g. bioreactors. This scenario includes an ethical rationale related to ‘complex usage’ combined with utility. A third scenario would be to adopt an organic standard, optimizing or harmonizing animal numbers and species to the available land, while concentrating on vegetable and crop production. In this third scenario, ‘sustainability’ and an ethical contract view are vital. Standpoints regarding these ethical elements influence arguments about the role of animals in a warmer future, and are thus highly relevant to overall decisions on acceptable new praxis.

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Ethical futures: bioscience and food horizons

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Publisher:: Wageningen Academic

Print Publication Date:: 30 Oct 2009

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