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SUMMARY:Animal sentience and human values - Jonathan Birch (LSE)
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CONTACT:Marta Halina
DESCRIPTION:The science of animal welfare provides an important context in
  which to consider the role ethical values should\, or should not\, play i
 n setting appropriate burdens of proof. For example\, if animals of a part
 icular species can feel pain\, but we fail to accept that they can feel pa
 in when formulating animal welfare regulations\, negative welfare conseque
 nces are likely to ensue. This has led a number of animal welfare scientis
 ts to argue that\, with respect to contested invertebrate taxa such as cep
 halopods\, decapods and cyclostomes\, the precautionary principle should b
 e applied and the burden of proof should be set intentionally low. However
 \, this proposal has met with resistance from the biomedical research comm
 unity. I offer a philosophical perspective on this controversy\, and I att
 empt to extract some wider lessons regarding the relationship between scie
 nce and values.
LOCATION:Seminar Room 2\, Department of History and Philosophy of Science
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