Consuming Animal Creatures: The Christian Ethics of Eating Animals
This article argues that Christians have strong faith-based reasons to avoid consuming animal products derived from animals that have not been allowed to flourish as fellow creatures of God, and that Christians should avoid participating in systems that disallow such flourishing. It considers and re...
Τόπος έκδοσης: | Studies in Christian ethics |
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Τύπος μέσου: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Άρθρο |
Γλώσσα: | Αγγλικά |
Έλεγχος διαθεσιμότητας: | HBZ Gateway |
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Sage
[2017]
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Studies in Christian ethics
Έτος: 2017, Τόμος: 30, Τεύχος: 1, Σελίδες: 30-44 |
Σημειογραφίες IxTheo: | CΑ Χριστιανισμός NCG Οικολογική Ηθική, Ηθική της Δημιουργίας |
Άλλες λέξεις-κλειδιά: | B
Theology
B Eating B Ethics B Animals B farming B Christian B Faith B MEAT meal as feed B God B Christian Ethics B Food B MYTHICAL animals |
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Πιθανολογούμενα δωρεάν πρόσβαση Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
Σύνοψη: | This article argues that Christians have strong faith-based reasons to avoid consuming animal products derived from animals that have not been allowed to flourish as fellow creatures of God, and that Christians should avoid participating in systems that disallow such flourishing. It considers and refutes objections to addressing this as an issue of Christian ethics, before drawing on a developed theological understanding of animal life in order to argue that the flourishing of fellow animal creatures is of ethical concern for Christians. Since the vast majority of animal products currently available for purchase are derived from farmed animals reared in modern intensive modes that fail to allow for their flourishing, and this practice is harmful for humans and the environment as well as farmed animals, the article argues that Christians should avoid consuming these products. |
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ISSN: | 0953-9468 |
Περιλαμβάνει: | Enthalten in: Studies in Christian ethics
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0953946816674147 |