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Most consumers respond with scepticism or hostility when asked directly about factory farming, based on their associations of cruelty to animals. Most people say to be willing to pay higher prices for meat if livestock is held in a more animal-friendly way. This however does not translate into consumer decisions: around 98% of the meat comes from large scale livestock farming. Why? Which living conditions have to be guaranteed to animals? Is it right to eat animals? And how can customers take more responsibility?
Introduction:
Steffen Huck, Professor of Economics at University College London and Director of the WZB research unit Economics of Change
Presenters:
Melanie Joy, lecturer of sociology at the University of Massachusetts Boston and founder and president of CAAN (Carnism Awawareness & Action Network)
Bernd Ladwig, professor of political theory and philosophy at Freie Universität Berlin, currently writing a monograph on animal ethics.
Gerhard Manteuffel, professor of neurobiology at the University of Bremen and scientific director of the research unit „Behavioural Physiology“ at the Research Institute for the Biology of Farm Animals in Rostock-Dummerstorf.
Moderated by Nora Szech, Professor of economics at KIT and WZB fellow.
Information on participating / attending:
The WZB provides child care during the lecture. If you are interested, please respond by November 21, 2013, indicating the number of children and their age.
Date:
11/28/2013 18:00 - 11/28/2013 20:00
Registration deadline:
11/26/2013
Event venue:
Reichpietschufer 50, Room A 300
10785 Berlin
Berlin
Germany
Target group:
Journalists, all interested persons
Email address:
Relevance:
transregional, national
Subject areas:
Environment / ecology, Nutrition / healthcare / nursing, Social studies, Zoology / agricultural and forest sciences
Types of events:
Seminar / workshop / discussion
Entry:
11/05/2013
Sender/author:
Dr. Paul Stoop
Department:
Informations- und Kommunikationsreferat
Event is free:
yes
Language of the text:
English
URL of this event: http://idw-online.de/en/event45479
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