Philosophical ethology: On the extents of what it is to be a pig

Society and Animals

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 83-101

  Harfeld, Jes ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

animal ethics; animal welfare; ethology; philosophy; sociobiology

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 79251506047     PISSN: 10631119     EISSN: 15685306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853011X545547     Document Type: Article

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