Animal Ethical Views and Perception of Animal Pain in Veterinary Students

What is it about?

The animal ethical views of Finnish veterinary students were surveyd, and they were asked to score the level of pain perception in different animal species. The appreciation of pain perception of different animal species, and especially of those taxonomically further away from humans, appeared to increase during Finnish veterinary education, but veterinary education appeared to influence students animal ethic views only to a small degree. Finnish veterinary students have a clear domination of utilitarian views in animal ethics.

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Photo by Paul Hanaoka on Unsplash

Photo by Paul Hanaoka on Unsplash

Why is it important?

Veterinary students face several ethical challenges during their curriculum. Understanding the ethical views of veterinary students enables better planning of educational activities, to ensure that the students gain a good understanding of the potential variety of, and differences in, ethical views they will encounter as future professionals.