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World Poverty, Animal Minds and the Ethics of Veterinary Expenditure

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  • John Hadley
  • Siobhan O’ Sullivan

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In this paper we make an argument for limiting veterinary expenditure on companion animals. The argument combines two principles: the obligation to give and the self-consciousness requirement. In line with the former, we ought to give money to organisations helping to alleviate preventable suffering and death in developing countries; the latter states that it is only intrinsically wrong to painlessly kill an individual that is self-conscious. Combined, the two principles inform an argument along the following lines: rather than spending inordinate amounts of money on veterinary care when a companion animal is sick or injured, it is better to give the money to an aid organisation and painlessly kill the animal.

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  • John Hadley & Siobhan O’ Sullivan, 2009. "World Poverty, Animal Minds and the Ethics of Veterinary Expenditure," Environmental Values, , vol. 18(3), pages 361-378, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:envval:v:18:y:2009:i:3:p:361-378
    DOI: 10.3197/096327109X12474739376578
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