Title: An introduction to the ethical consideration of zoos.
Speaker: Jenny Gray
Date, Time: 18/10/2011, 5:15pm
Location: Old Quad Common Room
Abstract: Few people consider the ethics of zoos as they enter the gates, children in tow. Comfortable in the belief that if zoos were wrong they would be closed, we enjoy the close interaction with magnificent creatures with little thought of the moral implications of zoo operations. Zoos reflect the often contradictory relationships that people have with animals; rejecting blatant welfare atrocities, accepting our right to use animals for our own ends and ignoring the confused and complex moral issues that are part of owning and using animals. By examining zoo operations through the lens of rights, virtue and consequential ethics, a better understanding will emerge of the duties and obligations for those who, like zoos, choose to hold and work with animals.
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