The good life of creatures with dignity some comments on the swiss expert opinion

Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 53-63

  Brom, Frans W A ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Animal well being; Dignity of creatures; Genetic engineering; Inherent value; Swiss Constitution

Indexed keywords

EID: 10144221970     PISSN: 11877863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02694135     Document Type: Article

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