Animal Ethics in the Wild, Wild Animal Suffering and Intervention in Nature

Publication Year: 2023

Author / Editor: Catia Faria

Overview: This book addresses the widespread suffering and early deaths experienced by animals in the wild due to natural causes. It argues that moral obligations to assist those in need entail a duty to intervene in nature to reduce wild animal suffering when feasible and likely to yield positive results.

Key Topics Covered:

Moral considerability and nonhuman well-being
The critique of speciesism and anthropocentrism
Population dynamics and the natural harms of life in the wild
Taxonomy of objections to intervention, including perversity, futility, and holistic concerns