Animal pleasure and its moral significance

By J. Balcombe. 2009

141 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Genetics, Small Animals, Social Psychology

View Paper: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/3b9b5451a23c8c08e958491dad42d91c7db383cc

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In Genetics

1. Gad Perry
2. Melissa Bateson
3. Rebecca Wright
4. Matthew Leach
5. Katie Nicol
6. N. Brydges
7. Lesley J. Rogers

In Small Animals

1. Rebecca Wright
2. Matthew Leach
3. Katie Nicol
4. N. Brydges
5. Melissa Bateson
6. Lesley J. Rogers

In Social Psychology

1. Melissa Bateson
2. Rebecca Wright
3. Matthew Leach
4. Katie Nicol
5. N. Brydges

Citations in the corpus

• Toe Clipping of Amphibians and Reptiles: Science, Ethics, and the Law1 (2011, background): “Pleasure has moral import … for it amplifies the moral burden of depriving animals the opportunity to lead fulfilling, enjoyable lives’’ (Balcombe, 2009).”
• Environmental enrichment induces optimistic cognitive bias in rats (2011, methodology): “This is because the methodology can demonstrate positive affective states, an important area of animal welfare but historically neglected by scientists (Balcombe, 2009; Boissy et al., 2007).”