Ethics and the choice of animal advocacy campaigns
Publication Type: |
Journal Article |
Year of Publication: |
2015 |
Authors: |
J. Waters |
Publication/Journal: |
Ecological Economics |
Keywords: |
animal rights, animal welfare, campaigns, ecology, economics, environmental sciences, environmental studies, ethics, products, rights, welfare |
ISBN: |
0921-8009 |
Abstract:
This paper examines how different ethical positions view various types of animal advocacy campaigns concerning a product made using animals as an input. The ethical positions represent common company, society, and animal advocate viewpoints. We adopt an industrial economics approach, modelling a market with a monopolistic supplier and subject to consumer-oriented, technological, collaborative, and direct action campaigns. We determine whether the ethical positions support or oppose each campaign, and in what conditions. We find that animal welfare and rights goals are simultaneously satisfied by three campaigns: negotiation, targeted direct action, and awareness raising that condemns low welfare standards. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.