Compassion, by the pound: the economics of farm animal welfare

This highly readable book is aimed at anyone with an interest in the food they eat. In conversational tone, and avoiding academic jargon, it provides an honest and objective account of the consequences of food consumption choices andpolicies, through the lens of economics. INDICE: 1: Economics and the Farm Animal Welfare Debate; 2: A Complex Relationship: A Natural and Cultural History of Humans and Their Livestock; 3: Animal Farms, Animal Activism: The Emergence of Factory Farms and Its Opposition;4: Animal Qualia: Investigating Animal Sentience; 5: Raising the Animal: The Life of Birds, Pigs, and Cows; 6: Talking With Philosophers: How Philosophers Discuss Farm Animal Welfare; 7: Talking With Economists: How Economists Discuss Farm Animal Welfare; 8: Your Eating Ethics: A Guide to Eating Based on Your Beliefs and Preferences; 9: Consumer Expressions: The Willingness of Consumersto Pay Higher Food Prices in Return for Improved Animal Care; 10: Farm AnimalWelfare and the State; 11: The Question Before Us

• ISBN: 978-0-19-955116-3
• Editorial: Oxford University
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 416
• Fecha Publicación: 01/04/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés