John Lewis Gaddis doceert militaire- en politieke strategie aan de Yale University en wordt gezien als de meest vooraanstaande historicus over de Koude Oorlog. In zijn recente studie over Herodotus, Sun Tzu, Von Clausewitz en andere grote strategen probeert de Amerikaan uiteen te zetten waarom bepaalde leiders succesvol waren en andere niet. Wat vergt een geslaagde Grand Strategy? https://spectator.clingendael.org/nl/publicatie/wie-zijn-de-beste-strategen LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/martijn-lak-71793013/
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Control methods are applied worldwide to reduce predation on livestock by European red foxes (Vulpes vulpes). Lethal methods can inflict suffering; however, moral debate about their use is lacking. Non-lethal methods can also inflict suffering and can unintentionally lead to death, and yet both the welfare consequences and ethical perspectives regarding their use are rarely discussed. The aim of this study was to investigate the animal welfare consequences, the level of humaneness, the ethical considerations and the moral implications of the global use of fox control methods according to Tom Regan’s animal rights view and Peter Singer’s utilitarian view. According to Regan, foxes ought not to be controlled by either lethal or potentially harmful non-lethal methods because this violates the right of foxes not to be harmed or killed. According to Singer, if an action maximises happiness or the satisfaction of preferences over unhappiness or suffering, then the action is justified. Therefore, if and only if the use of fox control methods can prevent suffering and death in livestock in a manner that outweighs comparable suffering and death in foxes is one morally obligated t
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