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Leitsberger Phd.Pdf UNIVERSITY OF WINCHESTER Unleashing the Synergisms of Animal Ethics to Advance Animal Protection Madelaine Leitsberger ORCID Number: 0000-0001-5529-3937 Doctor of Philosophy March 2018 This thesis has been completed as a requirement for a postgraduate research degree of the University of Winchester. DECLARATION AND COPYRIGHT STATEMENT Declaration: No portion of the work referred to in the Thesis has been submitted in support of an application for another degree or qualification of this or any other university or other institute of learning. I confirm that this Thesis is entirely my own work. Copyright: Copyright © Madelaine Leitsberger 2018 Unleashing the synergisms of animal ethics to advance animal protection, University of Winchester, PhD Thesis, pp. 1-264 ORCID 0000- 0001-5529-3937 This copy has been supplied on the understanding that it is copyright material and that no quotation from the thesis may be published without proper acknowledgement. Copies (by any process) either in full, or of extracts, may be made only in accordance with instructions given by the author. Details may be obtained from the RKE Centre, University of Winchester. This page must form part of any such copies made. Further copies (by any process) of copies made in accordance with such instructions may not be made without the permission (in writing) of the author. No profit may be made from selling, copying or licensing the author’s work without further agreement. 1 2 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I would like to express my gratitude to the University of Winchester for awarding me with a 175th scholarship and for providing such a supportive and friendly environment, without which this thesis would not have been possible. I would also like to express my sincere gratitude to my supervisors Prof. Neil Messer, Prof. Andrew Knight and Prof. Gary Jones, who have been of invaluable support. Thank you Neil, for the positively challenging philosophical discussions concerning this thesis, and for your calming support, which helped me to keep some peace of mind when this project seemed overwhelming. Thank you Andrew, for your thorough feedback on each chapter, on content, as well as on writing style and grammar, helping me to improve my English considerably and making this an ‘unusually well’ written thesis, as the examiners pointed out. Also thank you for your encouraging support and giving me the opportunity to be part of research and teaching activities at the Centre for Animal Welfare, which were excellent experiences to grow professionally. Gary, thank you for your feedback in particular on the methodology and for your guidance on the interviewing process. Thank you for your cheerful support, your humour and the fact that you always made sure to also say something nice after critical feedback. This hugely contributed to making my supervision meetings enjoyable. Thank you Neil, Andrew and Gary for everything that you have done; without you this thesis would not have come together to this standard and within this rather short timeframe. My gratitude also goes to Prof. Elizabeth Stuart, who so kindly and helpfully acted as my Director of Studies for six months, during Prof. Neil Messer’s sabbatical; and to my examiners, Dr. Alasdair Cochrane and Dr. Thomas Norgaard, for reading and commenting on my thesis, and for a Viva that was challenging but enjoyable. Your feedback was very much appreciated! Furthermore, I would like to thank those fifteen interviewees who so kindly volunteered their opinions, experiences and time. I hope you can recognise your own voice in some of the points raised in this work, as you have influenced my thinking profoundly. Moreover, I would like to thank the research student community and all staff members involved, in particular the RKE team: former Director of PGR students Prof. Pru Marriott, and the current Director of PGR students Dr. Judith McCullouch; the rest of the RKE team including Chrissie Ferngrove, Helen Jones, Dawn Thompson and Kay Carter; Dr. Elena Woodacre (former Postgraduate Student Coordinator-Faculty of HSS); and all the wonderful and brilliant research students I met along the way. In particular, I would like to thank three other research students who have become close friends, Sanne Thierens, Daniel Kontowski and Beth Parson, for reading bits and pieces of my work, providing feedback, discussing my thesis with me and for our weekly vegan meals – you have had a considerable impact on my thinking with regards to veganism, and without you my time in Winchester would not have been as enjoyable. I am also grateful to my family and friends, in particular my parents, grandparents and my cousin Karin for their love, encouragement and support – it means the world to me! Lastly, great thanks goes to my partner, Dinusha, whose unwavering love, encouragement, understanding and support were vital to keeping me engaged and sane in the ups and downs of a PhD project – I love you incredibly much! 3 4 UNIVERSITY OF WINCHESTER ABSTRACT Unleashing the synergisms of animal ethics to advance animal protection Madelaine Leitsberger ORCID Number: 0000-0001-5529-3937 Doctor of Philosophy March 2018 The animal protection movement, like many social change movements, has become divided into moderate and more radical branches, leading to conflicts over the morally correct and strategically most effective approach to achieving their cause (i.e. the animal welfare versus rights debate). These substantial disagreements have supposedly harmed the movement, as they can lead to inefficient use of resources, and weaken the inner cohesion of a broad movement, while strengthening identities of fringe groups, causing alienation of animal advocates, the public and other stakeholders. This is a worrying development, given that the animal protection movement is the major driving force protecting animals, working to fulfil human values, such as avoidance of unnecessary suffering, and aiming to mitigate negative impacts of, for example, intensive farming on the environment and human rights. This thesis explores the disputes between animal welfare and rights through sociological enquiry, using fifteen semi-structured interviews with animal activists, that shed light on differences in opinions, motivations, and experiences. While the results might not be generalizable, they provide a deeper understanding of animal activists than current literature on the topic does. Based on the results, it then engages in a philosophical and practical discussion over how to best resolve disputes, so as to strengthen the animal protection movement. The thesis introduces the principle of proportionality, used to settle human rights conflicts, but which does not appear to have been applied to interspecies rights conflicts (conceptualised as moral tragedies in this thesis). This approach is developed as a non-ideal theory to allow for some anthropocentric concessions, acknowledging current economic, legal, social, and psychological barriers to fully ethical behaviour, which crucially affect the work of animal activists. Moreover, the approach forms a middle-ground between the various approaches as it is a deontological/rights approach at its core, but also contains consequentialist elements, allowing for some weighing with regards to conflicting rights, and because of its non-ideal character. Lastly, the thesis argues that, while individual campaigns might be called into question, a general dismissal of a wide array of approaches cannot be reasonably established. Even the consequent polarization caused by different groups is not necessarily harmful, while uniformity most likely would be. Hence, the movement should acknowledge its shared goal to protect animals and seek unity in its diversity. Keywords: animal welfare, animal rights, utilitarianism, animal advocacy, animal activism, principle of proportionality 5 6 LIST OF CONTENTS DECLARATION AND COPYRIGHT STATEMENT 1 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 3 ABSTRACT 5 LIST OF CONTENTS 7 LIST OF FIGURES 11 LIST OF TABLES 12 LIST OF ACCOMPANYING MATERIAL 13 PART I 15 CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 15 1.1 THE PROBLEM 15 1.2 THE RESEARCH QUESTIONS 17 1.3 THE APPROACH 18 1.4 THE THESIS 18 CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW 21 2.1 HISTORICAL OVERVIEW 21 2.2 ANIMAL ETHICS 23 2.2.1 UTILITARIANISM 24 2.2.2 WELFARISM 30 2.2.3 ANIMAL RIGHTS 32 2.3 ANIMAL ACTIVISM 38 2.3.1 ANIMAL WELFARE ACTIVISM 38 2.3.2 ANIMAL RIGHTS ACTIVISM 39 2.4 SUMMARY 41 CHAPTER 3: METHODOLOGY 43 3.1 RESEARCH CONTEXT 43 3.2 THE DESIGN PROCESS 45 3.2.1 SAMPLING TECHNIQUE 45 3.2.2 ANIMAL WELFARE ORGANISATIONS 47 3.2.3 ANIMAL RIGHTS ORGANISATIONS 53 3.3 DATA COLLECTION 57 3.3.1 THE TOPIC GUIDE 58 7 3.3.2 MODIFICATION TO THE RESEARCH INSTRUMENT 61 3.3.3 ACCESS TO PARTICIPANTS, ETHICS AND INFORMED CONSENT 63 3.4 DATA ANALYSIS AND DEVELOPMENT OF FURTHER CHAPTERS 65 PART II 69 CHAPTER 4: ETHICS 70 4.1 GENERAL OVERVIEW 70 4.1.1 ANIMAL WELFARE 70 4.1.2 ANIMAL RIGHTS 75 4.2 SUFFERING 78 4.3 KILLING 79 4.3.1 SUFFERING AND THE REASON TO KILL AS MORALLY PROBLEMATIC 80 4.3.2 OTHER MORAL ISSUES 82 4.3.3 THE VALUE OF LIFE AND LIFEBOAT CASES 83 4.3.4 EUTHANASIA 83 4.4 COMMODIFICATION 85 4.5 CONCEPTIONS (AND MISCONCEPTIONS) OF RIGHTS 87 4.6 COMPASSION 89 4.7 CONCLUSION 92 CHAPTER 5: CAMPAIGNING 93 5.1 GENERAL OVERVIEW 94 5.1.1 ANIMAL WELFARE 94 5.1.2 ANIMAL RIGHTS 95 5.2 LEGISLATIVE CAMPAIGNS 96 5.3 SINGLE ISSUE CAMPAIGNS 99 5.3.1 REASONS TO ENGAGE IN SINGLE ISSUE CAMPAIGNS 99 5.3.2 THE COMPLACENCY ISSUE 102 5.4 PROBLEMATIC CAMPAIGNS 104 5.4.1 SHOCKING CAMPAIGNS 104 5.4.2 POLITICALLY CONTROVERSIAL CAMPAIGNS 105 5.4.3 DIRECT
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