Justify

According to ethical evaluation model, every treatment which interferes with five
freedoms has to be justified with a specified reason of benefit. There are 3 principles
of this model which are (1) every treatment that affects the wellbeing of animal
have to be justified, (2) animals should under no conditions be subjected to certain
treatments, and (3) every moral allowed treatment has to be subjected to an
evaluation of possible alternatives to minimize the burden. To apply these three (3)
evaluations, there are a few essential steps;
1. Determine the severity of the treatment.
The severity of a treatment results from its depth and duration. The more
intensive a treatment and the longer lasting its negative effect, the more
serious is its implication for the animals wellbeing.
2. The treatment is in itself too severe.
Then, the treatment is excluded because it cannot be justified.
3. Follows a different logic: the logic of necessity. If a treatment is not in itself
too severe and serves a plausible benefit, it is required that the same benefit
cannot be achieved by other means.
A treatment is legitimate only if it is impossible (1) to achieve the same effect within
the same system, (2) if this approach does not lead to acceptable results and the
undesirable treatment remains necessary, the second alternative is to change to
another system, (3) if, under present structures, the farmer is unable to change to
another system, there is one last possible alternative to realize an acceptable profit
with minimal burden for the animals, supported by changing consumer preferences
and legal incentives.
However, the model can only offer a guideline to disentangle the current
controversial discussion and to focus upon realizing possible movements for the
animals.