Abstract
Birch’s extension of the precautionary principle (PP) is plausible but raises issues about how proportionality ought to be incorporated into law. Following Steel (2013), I suggest that the PP is best considered as a meta-norm, and as such any resulting laws are likely to lack the fineness of grain that we would hope to achieve. To fill the gap, I suggest a parallel with the ethics of studying looted artifacts.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 9 |
| Pages (from-to) | 1-3 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Animal Sentience |
| Issue number | 16 |
| Publication status | Published - 30 Oct 2017 |