Beneath the surface: Killing of fish as a moral problem

The End of Animal Life: A Start for Ethical Debate

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 227-249

  Bovenkerk, B ^a   Braithwaite, V A ^b,c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Institute for Advanced Study Berlin   (Germany)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Desire account; Fish; Foregone opportunities account; Harm of death

Indexed keywords

EID: 85040012355     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.3920/978-90-8686-808-7_14     Document Type: Chapter

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