The Price of Responsibility: Ethics of Animal Husbandry in a Time of Climate Change

Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 331-350

  Gjerris, M ^a   Gamborg, C ^b   Rocklinsberg H ^c   Anthony, R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Animal husbandry; Mitigation; Organic farming; Sustainability; Virtue ethics

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ETHICS; LIVESTOCK FARMING; ORGANIC FARMING; SUSTAINABILITY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 80051794586     PISSN: 11877863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10806-010-9270-6     Document Type: Article

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