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Animal ethics is a complex subject, and only recently the concern about the moral status and rights of non human animals, is subject of debate. In this paper I will deal mostly with the ethics in deciding euthanasia in the small animal clinical setting. My purpose is to lay out some issues about animal euthanasia, with the hope of helping veterinarians to analyze the relevant ethical concerns, ...

The book is part of the Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series which was developed with the publisher and the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics. Andrew Knight is a Fellow of the latter. The Centre "aims to demonstrate rigorous intellectual enquiry and the highest standard of scholarship" (p. xv), and the series aims to satisfy the growing appetite for literature in the field. Knight presents a w...

Abstract This chapter addresses the question what it means for anyone to ‘matter’ in Kant’s ethics. The first offers a Kantian analysis of ‘moral status’ vocabulary. It then introduces some main themes interpersonal ethics: his system distinctions between different duty-types we have towards others, others’ happiness as an obligatory end, demand practical love and respect, list specific duties ...

Abstract This study aims to develop guidelines of key concepts and specific considerations make the research more ethical when conducting neurological examinations treatment interventions in mentally ill patients. We analyzed guideline development theory literature, previous issues, discussions with specialists philosophy, medicine, sociology, bioethics. The selection participants, drafting int...

In the course of history, different civilizations and cultures have had different codes of ethics for “animal professions”. To understand the current form and content of these codes of ethics, it is necessary to look back and analyse the opinions of different experts from ancient times to the present day. In the history of European civilization, the ethical/deontological views closest to those ...

People feel that they have obligations to the animals that they use and show some degree of care behavior toward them. In addition, animal welfare is an aspect of our decisions about whether animal-usage systems are sustainable. A system that results in poor welfare is unsustainable because it is unacceptable to many people. The quality of animal products is now judged in relation to the ethics...