Tony Yengeni’s Ritual Slaughter
Animal Anti-Cruelty vs. Culture
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8091238 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kevin Behrens (0000-0002-7595-7486, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 271-290 |
| Publication date | 2009-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | South African Journal of Philosophy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0258-0136 • E-ISSN: 2073-4867 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.4314/sajpem.v28i3.47859 |
| OpenAlex | W2156741410 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 5 |
I address the question: ‘Are acts of the ritual slaughter of animals, of the kind recently engaged in by the Yengeni family, morally justifiable?’ Using the Yengeni incident as a springboard for my discussion, I focus on the moral question of the relative weight of two competing ethical claims. I weigh the claim that we have an obligation not to cause animals pain without good reason against the claim by cultures that traditional practices, such as the one under discussion, are morally justifiable on the basis of the moral goods obtained through cultural identification and participation. I attempt to show that claims justifying practices on the basis of culture are not strong enough to outweigh the prima facie wrong of causing non-human animals unnecessary pain
Animal rights · Cruelty · Environmental ethics · Identification (biology · Moral obligation · Obligation · Political science · Prima facie · Sociology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Culinary Culture and Tourism · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Law · Philosophy
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| Unique citing works | 11 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,79 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2026 (15) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |