The End of Animal Life: A Start for Ethical Debate: Ethic...
Meijboom, Franck L. B. / Stassen, Elsbeth N.
Killing animals is common practice, yet it is not morally neutral. The end of animal life is related to many societal and ethical questions and concerns. Questions such as how long should we continue to treat an animal before putting it down? But also the question whether it could be legitimate to kill individual animals for the welfare of the herd or of future generations. The ongoing public and academic discussions on these, and on other wel...