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Animal welfare and human ethics: a personality study
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Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung gGmbH
Abstract We elicit concern for animal welfare in an incentivized, direct and real setup that allows us to separate genuine interest in animal welfare from confounding factors like advertisement, replacement arguments or image concerns. Subjects choose between intensive farming and organic living conditions f... view more
We elicit concern for animal welfare in an incentivized, direct and real setup that allows us to separate genuine interest in animal welfare from confounding factors like advertisement, replacement arguments or image concerns. Subjects choose between intensive farming and organic living conditions for a laying hen. Opting for better living conditions is costly, but guarantees better food, daylight, and more space to the hen. Hence subjects have to trade off a selfish benefit (money) against the welfare of a hen. Our data shed light on a long-standing philosophical debate about the relationship between animal welfare and human ethics. We confirm that subjects with higher interests in the hen's well-being exhibit higher moral standards towards humans. Supporters of intensive farming are significantly less prosocial and open-minded, and more Machiavellian than others.... view less
Keywords
animal protection; experiment; ethics; sustainability
Classification
Rural Sociology
Ecology, Environment
Free Keywords
D01; D62; D69; human ethics
Document language
English
Publication Year
2017
City
Berlin
Page/Pages
30 p.
Series
Discussion Papers / Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung, Forschungsschwerpunkt Markt und Entscheidung, Abteilung Ökonomik des Wandels, SP II 2017-307
Handle
http://hdl.handle.net/10419/162770
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
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