Animal Ethical Issues In Animal Tourism

As a frontier topic,it requires more concern and study on the logical investigation of philosophical theory and moral principles in animal ethics.With the increasingly development of animal tourism,animal ethics issues are constantly emerging and exposed.It explores the philosophical theory of animal ethics and constructs moral principles that are applicable to animal tourism,so as to improve ethical relationship between humans and animals and to solve the animal ethics problems in animal tourism.With sketching previous animal ethics study,it summarizes the viewpoint of Reagan's animal rights,and on this basis,investigates the reasoning process of the moral principles,and puts forward the ideas to solve the theoretical dilemma.Finally,according to the established moral principles,we put forward moral orders in the ethical problems of animal tourism and achieve moral judgement.After investigating previous views,Reagan established Damage Principle,which claims no harm to animals and deduced Respect Principle which claims the equal treatments and requirements of justice--the basic rights.Furthermore,with Todd's view,it is necessary to expand the ethical concern and secondorder deliberation to integrate and negotiate the dilemma of justice and compassion in animal ethical principles.Following the two principles and realizing initial obligations of human and fundamental rights of animals,firstly animal shows and other unnecessary damage must be restrained.Secondly,living space and related welfares of animals in imprisoned model requires more attention.In the conflict situation,moral judgements and decision should follow the principle of minimum damage.In addition,animal concern should be based on the intrinsic value of equality,rather than maximizing benefit.