Even a cow would be killed...: About the difference between killing (some) animals and (some) humans

The End of Animal Life: A Start for Ethical Debate

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 103-113

  Stafleu, F R ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Patient; Suffering; Taboo

Indexed keywords

EID: 85040006881     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.3920/978-90-8686-808-7_7     Document Type: Chapter

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