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Is my carefree dog better off than I am? Will my money improve welfare more if I spend it helping people or chickens? If we want to compare welfare across species, we first need to explore whether welfare subjects of different species have the same or a different capacity for welfare. Tatjana Višak argues that they do.

Is it acceptable to kill an animal that has been granted a pleasant life? This book rigorously explores the moral basis of the ideal of animal-friendly animal husbandry and sheds new light on utilitarian moral theory by pointing out the assumptions and implications of two different versions of utilitarianism, with surprising conclusions.