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This book explores the economic institutions that determine the nature of animal lives as systematically exploited objects traded in a market economy. It examines human roles and choice in the system, including the economic logic of agriculture, experimentation, and animal ownership, and analyses the marginalization of ethical action in the economic system.
Animals and the Economy demonstrates that individual consumers and farmers are often left with few truly animal-friendly choices. Ethical participants in the economy must either face down an array of institutional barriers, or exit mainstream markets entirely. This book argues that these issues are not necessary elements of a market system, and evaluates a number of policy changes that could improve the lives of animals in the context of a market economy.
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About the author
Steven McMullen is Assistant Professor of Economics at Hope College in Holland, Michigan, US, and a fellow at the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics, UK. His research and writing has focused on ethics in the economy and education policy.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Animals and the Economy
Authors: Steven McMullen
Series Title: The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-43474-6
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-43473-9Published: 22 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-43474-6Published: 11 August 2016
Series ISSN: 2634-6672
Series E-ISSN: 2634-6680
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 216
Topics: Moral Philosophy, Agricultural Ethics, Business Ethics, Philosophy of the Social Sciences, Social Philosophy