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Would Cows Vote Carnivore?
Author(s) -
Shughart William F.,
Tollison Robert D.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
economic affairs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.24
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1468-0270
pISSN - 0265-0665
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-0270.1987.tb01896.x
Subject(s) - carnivore , animal rights , consumption (sociology) , george (robot) , population , agricultural economics , biology , political science , environmental ethics , economics , sociology , law , ecology , demography , history , social science , philosophy , predation , art history
Vegetarians and ‘animal rights’ activists argue that the human ‘exploitation’ of other species should be prevented in the interest of the animals and plants involved. But the human consumption of animal and vegetable products results in a larger population of these species than they could otherwise expect, William Shughart and Robert Tollison of the Center for Study of Public Choice at George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, ask whether cows, rabbits, rah and trees might prefer to be bred for human consumption.