Podcast: Should we stop keeping pets?

Is it ever morally acceptable to keep pets? While most of us take pet-keeping for granted and think of it as a source of affection, companionship, and care, it is possible to see it very differently. Angie Pepper (University of Roehampton) and Richard Healey (CPNSS Research Associate) and argue that pet-keeping is not simply a private choice, but a socio-political institution that raises deep questions about power, control, and harm.

About the podcast: Ethics Untangled is a series of conversations about the ethical issues that affect all of us, with academics who have spent some time thinking about them.