Role of joy in farm animal welfare legislation
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Role of joy in farm animal welfare legislation. / von Gall, Philipp ; Gjerris, Mickey.
I: Society and Animals, Bind 25, Nr. 2, 2017, s. 163-179.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Role of joy in farm animal welfare legislation
AU - von Gall, Philipp
AU - Gjerris, Mickey
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - While animal welfare is commonly invoked in legal debates regarding non-human animals kept for food purposes, the concept of animal joy is rarely mentioned in such contexts. This paper analyzes the relationship between welfare and joy in the German animal protection law (GAPL) and in the EU directive 98/58/EC. Based on a review of scientific and philosophical approaches towards animal welfare, joy is argued to be a part of welfare. Nevertheless, joy is ignored in the German and EU legal provisions. While there may be economic disadvantages of legally protecting animal joy, it is argued that overlooking elements of joy cannot be justified from any ethical perspective that claims to take animal welfare into consideration. In order to clarify the aims of the legal provisions, decision-makers need to define the role joy ought to play in welfare legislation.
AB - While animal welfare is commonly invoked in legal debates regarding non-human animals kept for food purposes, the concept of animal joy is rarely mentioned in such contexts. This paper analyzes the relationship between welfare and joy in the German animal protection law (GAPL) and in the EU directive 98/58/EC. Based on a review of scientific and philosophical approaches towards animal welfare, joy is argued to be a part of welfare. Nevertheless, joy is ignored in the German and EU legal provisions. While there may be economic disadvantages of legally protecting animal joy, it is argued that overlooking elements of joy cannot be justified from any ethical perspective that claims to take animal welfare into consideration. In order to clarify the aims of the legal provisions, decision-makers need to define the role joy ought to play in welfare legislation.
U2 - 10.1163/15685306-12341444
DO - 10.1163/15685306-12341444
M3 - Journal article
VL - 25
SP - 163
EP - 179
JO - Society and Animals
JF - Society and Animals
SN - 1063-1119
IS - 2
ER -
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