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What is the beef with cultivated meat?

Andersson, Henrik LU and Garcia, Andrés G. LU (2024) In Etikk i Praksis 18(2). p.73-84
Abstract

Artificially cultivated meat may have environmental benefits and harm-reductive capabilities, making it crucial to establishing ethical food production practices. However, we argue that salient factors make producing and consuming artificially cultivated meat morally problematic. We detail some of these factors and highlight their roots in different ethical traditions. These factors present serious challenges to the moral permissibility of its production and consumption. We conclude that artificially cultivated meat is unlikely to be the best solution to today’s unethical food production practices.

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animal rights, cultivated meat, ethics, lab-grown meat, vegetarianism
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Etikk i Praksis
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18
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2
pages
12 pages
publisher
Tapir akademisk forlag
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  • scopus:85214694513
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1890-3991
DOI
10.5324/eip.v18i2.5099
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English
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