The Moral Permissibility of Feline Confinement - A Response to C.E. Abbate's Defense of Free-Roaming Cats

• Main Authors: Daval-Santos, Frances Paola L., Dimacuha, Maria Regina B., Fernandez, Seth Erin S., Yu, Jenson B., Dacela, Mark Anthony L
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2022
• Subjects: Abbate; feline confinement; feline ethics; hedonism; utilitarianism; Arts and Humanities
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/sinaya/vol1/iss1/3; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/sinaya/article/1004/viewcontent/3_Daval_Santos_etal_The_Moral_Permissibility_of_Feline_Confinement_1_1.pdf
• Institution: De La Salle University

The moral permissibility of indoor confinement has been a recent debate among philosophers C.E. Abbate and B. Fischer. Abbate, using a hedonistic framework, contends that cats should be given outdoor access to achieve their well-being. According to her, ethological pleasures can only be attained by...