Predation problem

carries a killed American black duck The predation problem or predation argument concerns whether the harms experienced by animals through predation should be treated as a moral problem, and whether humans have any obligation to prevent or reduce them. The topic has been discussed mainly in animal ethics and environmental ethics, especially in relation to animal rights and wild animal suffering. Some critics have argued that an obligation to prevent predation is untenable or absurd, and have used it as a reductio ad absurdum against animal rights. Others have criticised intervention against predation as environmentally harmful. Animal ethicists and animal rights theorists have given different responses. Some reject the claim that animal rights imply an obligation to prevent predation, while others argue that predation is a harm that humans should try to avert where this can be done without causing greater harm. A further position is that intervention is not currently justified because of the risk of serious unintended harm, but may become possible with improved knowledge and technology.

carries a killed American black duck The predation problem or predation argument concerns whether the harms experienced by animals through predation should be treated as a moral problem, and whether humans have any obligation to prevent or reduce them. The topic has been discussed mainly in animal ethics and environmental ethics, especially in relation to animal rights and wild animal suffering. Some critics have argued that an obligation to prevent predation is untenable or absurd, and have used it as a reductio ad absurdum against animal rights. Others have criticised intervention against predation as environmentally harmful. Animal ethicists and animal rights theorists have given different responses. Some reject the claim that animal rights imply an obligation to prevent predation, while others argue that predation is a harm that humans should try to avert where this can be done without causing greater harm. A further position is that intervention is not currently justified because of the risk of serious unintended harm, but may become possible with improved knowledge and technology.

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