Ethics: 5 Freedoms & 5 Domains Flashcards
What are the 5 FREEDOMS? (5 answers)
(all captive animals need to be provided with:)
- Freedom from hunger and thirst
- Freedom from discomfort
- Freedom from pain, injury or disease
- Freedom to express normal behaviour
- Freedom from fear and distress
Why are the 5 FREEDOMS a poor model for animal welfare? (5 possible answers)
- Out of date
- Idealised goals
- Unrealistic practically
- Physical, functional and mental elements were not distinguished
- Negative
*NOTE: However negativity is important for survival critical behaviours e.g. thirst creates a sense of urgency and stimulates animal to drink
What are the 5 DOMAINS?
Physical/Functional Domains:
1. Nutrition – e.g. appropriate consumption of nutritious foods is a pleasurable experience
2. Environment – e.g. benign conditions offer adaptive choices and variety
3. Health – e.g. physically sound (uninjured, disease-free) animals enjoy good health
4. Behaviour – e.g. environment-focused and inter-animal activities are satisfying and engaging
Mental Domains:
5. Mental or Affective State – e.g. animals experience comfort, pleasure, interest and confidence
**note: 1-3 = survival related factors, 4 = situation related factor, 5 = mental state
Why are the 5 DOMAINS are better model for animal welfare? (4 possible answers)
- Quality of Life is determined by a balance of positives and negatives
- Animal welfare is subjective to that animal
- Focus on areas of potential welfare compromise
- Four physical/functional
- One mental
Domains 1 - 4 allow us to __________ the animals state of welfare
Measure
Domain 5: we have to (a)________. It can not be easily (b)_________ and is (c)______________ to the internal state.
(a) infer
(b) measured
(c) subjective
What do the 5 DOMAINS (a) minimise AND (b) maximise?
(a) negative experiences/states
(b) positive experiences/states
Visual Example of the understanding the 5 DOMAINS
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