PHLB05H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Animal Euthanasia
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Phlb05 fruh pet ownership exam essay question: poverty or permissibility pet ownership. Property model renders some harms permissible: unnecessary beats , needlessly mutilates . Two mechanisms that cause the property model to harm animals: 1. leads us to downplay the interests of animals, 2. enshrine the idea that the pet"s interests are subordinate to the owners. Which model should we modify? don"t consider pets/children as property; land is property change the definition of property. Harms perpetuated by the property model: maintaining breeds, which increases exposure to genetic illness, puppy mills, euthanizing animals. Exemptions for animals bred for research purposes. Exemptions for institutionalized practices: dehorning cattle. Animals bred as police dogs or seeing eye dogs: failures are frequently sent to shelters. Treats animals as disposable: they can be given up, abandoned. Missouri: no prohibition on killing animals you own. The property model treats animal in ways incompatible with their value.
