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Animal liberation ethics and environmental ethics have recently come of age. Concerning concrete moral rules considered by researchers in these areas there is much consensus. Highly general theories formulated to justify the rules are more problematic. However, the search for such theories may well be misguided.
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van der Steen, W.J. Ethics, animals and the environment: A review of recent books. Acta Biotheor 40, 339–347 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00046334
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