In It for the Nonhuman Animals
Animal Welfare, Moral Certainty, and Disagreements
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8096801 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nicola Taylor (0000-0002-7919-3866) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 317-339 |
| Publication date | 2004-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Society and Animals (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1063-1119 • E-ISSN: 1568-5306 |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/1568530043068047 |
| OpenAlex | W2017211023 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 2 |
Based on three years' ethnographic research with animal sanctuary workers, this paper argues that a level of moral certainty drives and justifies many of the workers' actions and beliefs. Similar to the "missionary zeal" of nonhuman animal rights activists, this moral certainty divides the world into two neat categories: good for the animals and bad for the animals. This overriding certainty takes precedence over other concerns and pervades all aspects of sanctuary life, resulting in the breakdown of different facets of that life into good and bad homes, good and bad animals, and good and bad workers. The paper, therefore, argues that animal welfare workers may be as "radical" as animal rights activists in one respect—their adherence to the overriding principle of being "in it for the animals
Animal ethics · Animal rights · Animal welfare · Biology · Certainty · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Law and economics · Legal certainty · Political science · Sociology · Welfare · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Culinary Culture and Tourism · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Psychology · Ecology · Law · Philosophy · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 12 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,63 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2025 (19) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 12 |