What should we do about sheep? The role of intelligence in welfare considerations
What should we do about sheep? The role of intelligence in welfare considerations
Marino & Merskin (2019) demonstrate that sheep are more cognitively complex than typically thought. We should be cautious in interpreting the implications of these results for welfare considerations to avoid perpetuating mistaken beliefs about the moral value of intelligence as opposed to sentience. There are, however, still important ways in which this work can help improve sheeps’ lives.
Browning, Heather
8d13aa04-7648-4403-b29c-11f7674f6618
2019
Browning, Heather
8d13aa04-7648-4403-b29c-11f7674f6618
Browning, Heather
(2019)
What should we do about sheep? The role of intelligence in welfare considerations.
Animal Sentience, 4 (25), [23].
(doi:10.51291/2377-7478.1460).
Abstract
Marino & Merskin (2019) demonstrate that sheep are more cognitively complex than typically thought. We should be cautious in interpreting the implications of these results for welfare considerations to avoid perpetuating mistaken beliefs about the moral value of intelligence as opposed to sentience. There are, however, still important ways in which this work can help improve sheeps’ lives.
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Submitted date: 27 May 2019
Accepted/In Press date: 4 June 2019
Published date: 2019
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