2017
DOI: 10.1007/s10677-016-9778-6
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Companion Animal Ethics: A Special Area of Moral Theory and Practice?

Abstract: Considerations of ethical questions regarding pets should take into account the nature of human-pet relationships, in particular the uniquely combined features of mutual companionship, quasi-family-membership, proximity, direct contact, privacy, dependence, and partiality. The approaches to ethical questions about pets should overlap with those of animal ethics and family ethics (and, for veterinary issues, with healthcare ethics), and so need not represent an isolated field of enquiry, but rather the intersec… Show more

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“…Thus, any beneficence-based approach must recognise owners’ differing abilities (and willingness) to pay. In addition, when considering companion animals, it could be argued that the owner is in the best position to translate her partiality towards the individual animal (Yeates and Savalescu 2017 ), into reaching a decision on a “best interests” basis. 67 Given the need to reconcile these interests, we now turn to framing a proposal for veterinary decision-making which takes account of both the owner’s wishes and circumstances and the veterinary professional’s assessment of the animal’s welfare.…”
Section: The Case For Beneficencementioning
confidence: 99%
“…Thus, any beneficence-based approach must recognise owners’ differing abilities (and willingness) to pay. In addition, when considering companion animals, it could be argued that the owner is in the best position to translate her partiality towards the individual animal (Yeates and Savalescu 2017 ), into reaching a decision on a “best interests” basis. 67 Given the need to reconcile these interests, we now turn to framing a proposal for veterinary decision-making which takes account of both the owner’s wishes and circumstances and the veterinary professional’s assessment of the animal’s welfare.…”
Section: The Case For Beneficencementioning
confidence: 99%
“…Robin Hargreaves, then President of the British Veterinary Association (BVA), said in the 2013 Report that the Report ‘[helps] the veterinary profession to see where our initiatives have made an impact’. The PAW Report has been cited in numerous peer‐reviewed papers, 38–43 contributing to the academic literature on companion animal health and welfare.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Robin Hargreaves, then President of the British Veterinary Association (BVA), said in the 2013 Report that the Report "[helps] the veterinary profession to see where our initiatives have made an impact." The PAW Report has been cited in numerous peer-reviewed papers (eg 38,39,40,41,42,43 ), contributing to the academic literature on companion animal health and welfare. Beyond informing the sector, the PAW Report has provided a platform for collaborative working to address priority issues, such as the following:…”
Section: (Iii) Collaborative Workingmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Ethical challenges may be encountered more commonly in companion animal practice, as companion animals are increasingly treated like family members, yet in most jurisdictions remain the legal property of the owner. They are both moral subjects and objects, and therefore occupy a unique place in veterinary ethics ( 26 ). Unlike livestock and laboratory animal practice, for example, companion animal practice is “patient-centered,” with a focus on the “best interests of the patient” rather than the benefit of the users or consumers of animals ( 27 ).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%