Shaw David, Rodriguez Perez Christian, Persson Kirsten
Institute for Biomedical Ethics, University of Basel, 4056 Basel, Switzerland.
Care and Public Health Research Institute, Maastricht University, 6229 ER Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Animals (Basel). 2024 Feb 3;14(3):507. doi: 10.3390/ani14030507.
In this article, we describe and analyse the Swiss legislation relating to animal dignity. We conclude that previous criticisms of the law do not go far enough: far from protecting animal dignity, the Swiss law not only undermines such dignity but itself serves as a means to ensure that animals can be used merely as a means, and not treated with respect. As such, the Swiss Animal Welfare Act is deeply unethical and undermines the constitutional requirement to treat animals with dignity.
在本文中,我们描述并分析了瑞士与动物尊严相关的立法。我们得出的结论是,先前对该法律的批评还不够深入:瑞士法律远非保护动物尊严,不仅没有维护这种尊严,反而本身成为一种手段,确保动物仅仅被当作一种手段来利用,而没有得到尊重。因此,瑞士《动物福利法》严重违背伦理道德,破坏了宪法中关于以尊严对待动物的要求。