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The Ethics of Animal Labor

A Collaborative Utopia

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Authors:
  1. Jocelyne Porcher

    1. Campus SupAgro, INRA, UMR 0951 Innovation Campus SupAgro, Montpellier Cedex 2, France

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  • Argues for a more principled approach to animal labor
  • Presents a unique understanding of human-animal relations in agriculture and culture
  • Appeals to not only labor studies scholars and animal rights activists but also researchers in veterinary, agricultural, and food science, as well as environmentalists

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. What Is Animal Husbandry?

    • Jocelyne Porcher
    Pages 1-22

  3. Work and Freedom

    • Jocelyne Porcher
    Pages 23-45

  4. The Livestock Industry

    • Jocelyne Porcher
    Pages 47-71

  5. Animal Death

    • Jocelyne Porcher
    Pages 73-83

  6. Living Without Life

    • Jocelyne Porcher
    Pages 85-100

  7. Living with Animals: A Utopia for the Twenty-First Century

    • Jocelyne Porcher
    Pages 101-120

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 121-135
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About this book

This book argues for a moral consideration of animal work relations. Paying special attention to the livestock industry, the author challenges the zootechnical denigration of animals for increased productivity awhile championing the collaborative nature of work. For Porcher, work is not merely a means to production but a means of living together unity. This unique reconsideration of work envisions animals as co-laborers with humans, rather than overwrought tools for exploitative, and often lethal, employment. Readers will learn about the disjunction between those focused on productivity and profit and those who favor a more ethical work environment for animals. Porcher's text also engages environmental and political debates concerning animal-human relations.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Campus SupAgro, INRA, UMR 0951 Innovation Campus SupAgro, Montpellier Cedex 2, France

    Jocelyne Porcher

About the author

Jocelyne Porcher is Director of Research at INRA-SAD, France. Her research concerns relations between humans and animals at work.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Ethics of Animal Labor

  • Book Subtitle: A Collaborative Utopia

  • Authors: Jocelyne Porcher

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49070-0

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Business and Management, Business and Management (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-49069-4Published: 22 February 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-84079-6Published: 13 July 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-49070-0Published: 15 February 2017

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 135

  • Topics: Business Ethics, Sociology of Work, Labor Economics

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