Abstract
This collection opens new territory in the study of animal ethics in tourism. While food became in recent years a much discussed topic in tourism studies (Cohen & Avieli, 2004; Goolaup, Solér & Nunkoo, 2017; Kim, Eves, & Scarles, 2009; Sims, 2009), and tourism ethics also gained growing attention (Caton, 2012; Fennell, 2006; Lovelock & Lovelock, 2013; Mostafanezhad & Hannam, 2014), the ethics of eating animals is as yet a little explored topic (but see Bramble & Fisher 2016; Chignell, Cuneo, & Halteman, 2015), while the ethics of eating animals in tourism remains practically untouched. The initiative to examine the ethical issues inherent in the eating of animals in a touristic context, in a series of concrete case studies, is thus a welcome initiative. This volume covers a wide range of issues, from the ethics of the direct consumption of animals by tourists in the course of trips or during particular events to the ethics of the farming of domestic animals in factory farms, and even the ethics of the employment of human workers engaged in the killing and slaughtering of domestic animals raised in factory farms, which are eaten by tourists as well as other consumers.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Tourism Experiences and Animal Consumption |
Subtitle of host publication | Contested Values, Morality and Ethics |
Publisher | Taylor and Francis |
Pages | 1-9 |
Number of pages | 9 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781351966290 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781138291614 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1 Jan 2018 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2018 selection and editorial matter, Carol Kline; individual chapters, the contributors.