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What capacity for welfare do different animal species have and why does it matter?| title | What capacity for welfare do different animal species have and why does it matter? |
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| start_date | 2024/10/08 |
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| schedule | 17h15-18h45 |
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| online | no |
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| location_info | salle Océanie |
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| summary | If we know a bit about dogs and their welfare, we seem to be able to make informed guesses about how well off some dog is. We can compare his welfare now to his welfare some weeks ago (when he was ill). We also seem to be able to tell that a particular dog is worse or better off than some other dog, at least in clear cases. But what if we want to compare the welfare of a dog to the welfare of a mouse or a human? Assume that we know a bit about mice and humans too. Assume that we can guess how well off the dog is for a dog, the mouse for a mouse and the human for a human? Is there anything else we need to know to compare their welfare?
Some people argue that different animal species have different capacities for welfare. They argue that a welfare level of, say, 8 out of 10 for a dog may not be the same as a welfare level of 8 out of 10 for a mouse or a human. These people argue that we need to know the capacity for welfare of different species to compare welfare across species. They suggest that capacity for welfare may vary along the line of cognitive capacity or along some other line. Other people argue that this is not the case and that all animals who are subjects of welfare have the same capacity for welfare. This talk introduces this debate, defends the latter view and explains the relevance of this issue. |
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| responsibles | Kammerer, Jaquet, Rebuschi, Dupouy |
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| submitted | published | | 2025/02/17 13:25 UTC |
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