Animal minds : the empirical foundations of the interests of animals

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dc.contributor.authorBell, Mark Cameron.en_US
dc.contributor.supervisorWoodcock, Scott Frederick.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2008-04-10T05:59:51Z
dc.date.available2008-04-10T05:59:51Z
dc.date.copyright2004en_US
dc.date.issued2008-04-10T05:59:51Z
dc.degree.departmentDept. of Philosophyen_US
dc.description.abstractIn 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.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/547
dc.subject.lcshAnimal psychologyen_US
dc.subject.lcshMotivation in animalsen_US
dc.titleAnimal minds : the empirical foundations of the interests of animalsen_US

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