In this thesis, I submit an empirical method for assessing the interests of non-human animals. This method involves attributing interests to animals on the basis of the choices they make between competing commodities/environments and by gauging the amount of energy they are willing to expend in acquiring these alternatives. Outfitted with consumer demand theory I argue that this method not only determines what an animal wants, it also reveals the commodities that the animal judges to be indispensable to its welfare.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:uvic.ca/oai:dspace.library.uvic.ca:1828/547 |
| Date | 10 April 2008 |
| Creators | Bell, Mark Cameron. |
| Contributors | Woodcock, Scott Frederick. |
| Source Sets | University of Victoria |
| Detected Language | English |
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