Introduction: Animal ethics, dietary regimes, and the consumption of animals in tourism

Erik Cohen*

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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 languageEnglish
Title of host publicationTourism Experiences and Animal Consumption
Subtitle of host publicationContested Values, Morality and Ethics
PublisherTaylor and Francis
Pages1-9
Number of pages9
ISBN (Electronic)9781351966290
ISBN (Print)9781138291614
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2018

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© 2018 selection and editorial matter, Carol Kline; individual chapters, the contributors.

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