Killing animals and the value of life

The End of Animal Life: A Start for Ethical Debate

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 3-16

  Heeger, F R ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Badness of death; Inherent worth; Respect for nature; Time relative interest

Indexed keywords

EID: 85040008264     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.3920/978-90-8686-808-7_1     Document Type: Chapter

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