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Compassion, by the pound : the economics of farm animal welfare
Oxford Scholarship Online: Economics and Finance Available online
Oxford Scholarship Online: Economics and Finance- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Norwood, F. Bailey, Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Livestock systems--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Animal welfare--Costs.
- Livestock--Economic aspects.
- Animals, Domestic.
- Social Sciences.
- Morals.
- Social Control, Formal.
- Animal Population Groups.
- Psychology, Social.
- Sociology.
- Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms.
- Animals.
- Eukaryota.
- Psychiatry.
- Organisms, Genetically Modified.
- Animal Welfare.
- Economics.
- Livestock.
- Ethics.
- Poultry.
- Medical Subjects:
- Animals, Domestic.
- Social Sciences.
- Morals.
- Social Control, Formal.
- Animal Population Groups.
- Psychology, Social.
- Sociology.
- Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms.
- Animals.
- Eukaryota.
- Psychiatry.
- Organisms, Genetically Modified.
- Animal Welfare.
- Economics.
- Livestock.
- Ethics.
- Poultry.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 409 p.) : ill.
- Other Title:
- Economics of farm animal welfare
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This study journeys from the earliest days of animal domestication to modern industrial farms. Delving into questions of ethics and animal sentience, the book use data from ingenious consumers' experiments conducted with real food, real money, and real animals to compare the costs and benefits of improving animal care. It shows how the economic approach to animal welfare raises new questions and ethical conundrums, as well as providing unique and counter-intuitive results.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-180859-8
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