Research
My primary research interest is in exploring philosophical issues in the measurement of animal welfare, and how this can apply to an empirically-informed animal ethics.
Future research interests include how to identify indicators of consciousness/sentience, how the evolution and mechanisms of sentience can inform welfare measurement, performing comparisons of sentience/welfare between different species, how to quantify the badness of death for animals and how much suffering is experienced by wild animals.
Future research interests include how to identify indicators of consciousness/sentience, how the evolution and mechanisms of sentience can inform welfare measurement, performing comparisons of sentience/welfare between different species, how to quantify the badness of death for animals and how much suffering is experienced by wild animals.
Publications
PhD Thesis (2020) - If I Could Talk to the Animals: Measuring Subjective Animal Welfare.
https://doi.org/10.25911/5f1572fb1b5be [Download]
Forthcoming
29. Browning, H. & Veit, W. (forthcoming). The Measurement Problem of Consciousness. Philosophical Topics. [Download preprint]
28. Browning, H. & Veit, W. (forthcoming). Autism and the preference for imaginary worlds. Behavioral and Brain Sciences.
27. Browning, H. & Veit, W. (forthcoming). Utilitarian lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic for non-pandemic diseases. American Journal of Bioethics.
26. Browning, H. & Veit, W. (forthcoming). On the relevance of experimental philosophy to neuroethics. AJOB Neuroscience.
25. Veit, W. & Browning, H. (forthcoming). Has the socio-political role of neuroethics been neglected? AJOB Neuroscience.
24. Veit, W. & Browning, H. (forthcoming). Ethics of Mixed Martial Arts. In Holt, J. & Ramsay, M. (Ed.), The Philosophy of Mixed Martial Arts: Squaring the Octagon. Routledge. [Download preprint]
23. Browning, H. & Veit, W. (forthcoming). Why are we here? Evangelion and the desperate search for meaning in life. In Cotton, C. & Winters, A.M. (eds.) Neon Genesis Evangelion and Philosophy. Chicago: Open Court
22. Veit, W., Earp, B.D., Browning, H., & Savulescu, J. (forthcoming). Evaluating trade-offs between autonomy and wellbeing in supported decision making. American Journal of Bioethics. [Download preprint]
2021
21. Browning, H. & Veit, W. (2021). Does utilitarianism need a rethink? Review of Louis Narens and Brian Skyrms’ The Pursuit of Happiness. Journal of Economic Methodology.
https://doi.org/10.1080/1350178X.2021.1985755 [Download preprint]
20. Veit, W. & Browning, H. (2021). Extending animal welfare science to include wild animals. Animal Sentience. 31(1).
https://doi.org/10.51291/2377-7478.1675 [Download]
19. Browning, H. & Veit, W. (2021). Freedom and animal welfare. Animals. 11(4): 1148
https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11041148 [Download]
18. Veit, W. & Browning, H. (2021). Phenomenology applied to animal health and suffering. In S. Ferrarello (Ed.), Phenomenology of Bioethics: Technoethics and Lived-Experience. Springer: pp. 73-88
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-65613-3_6 [Download preprint]
17. Browning, H. & Veit, W. (2021). Evolutionary biology meets consciousness: Essay review of Simona Ginsburg and Eva Jablonka’s The Evolution of the Sensitive Soul. Biology and Philosophy. 36(1): 5
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10539-021-09781-7 [Download]
16. Birch, J. & Browning, H. (2021). Neural organoids and the precautionary principle. The American Journal of Bioethics. 21(1): 56-58.
https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2020.1845858 [Download preprint]
2020
15. Veit, W. & Browning, H. (2020). Why socio-political beliefs trump individual morality: An evolutionary perspective. AJOB Neuroscience. 11(4): 290-292.
https://doi.org/10.1080/21507740.2020.1830879
14. Browning, H. & Veit, W. (2020). Confined freedom and free confinement: The ethics of captivity in Life of Pi. In Á. T. Bogár and R. S. Szigethy (Eds.). Critical Insights: Life of Pi. Salem Press: 119-134.
https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.27969.38246/1 <Link to Book> [Download preprint]
13. Veit, W. & Browning, H. (2020). Perspectival pluralism for animal welfare. European Journal for Philosophy of Science. 11(9). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13194-020-00322-9 [Download]
12. Browning, H. & Veit, W. (2020). Improving invertebrate welfare. Animal Sentience. 29(4)
http://doi.org/10.51291/2377-7478.1585 [Download]
11. New England Anti-Vivisection Society, American Anti-Vivisection Society, The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, The Humane Society of the United States, Humane Society Legislative Fund, J. Jacquet, B. Franks, J. Pungor, J. Mather, P. Godfrey-Smith, L. Marino, G. Barord, C. Safina, H. Browning, and W. Veit. (2020). Petition to Include Cephalopods as “Animals” Deserving of Humane Treatment under the Public Health Service Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals. Harvard Law School Animal Law & Policy Clinic: 1–30.
https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.27522.30401 [Download]
10. Browning, H. & Veit, W. (2020). Is humane slaughter possible? Animals. 10(5): 799
https://doi.org/10.3390/ani10050799 [Download]
2019
9. Browning, H. (2019). The natural behavior debate: Two conceptions of animal welfare. Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science. 1-13
https://doi.org/10.1080/10888705.2019.1672552 [Download preprint]
8. Browning, H. (2019). What is good for an octopus? Animal Sentience. 26(7)
https://doi.org/10.51291/2377-7478.1476 [Download]
7. Browning, H. (2019). What should we do about sheep? The role of intelligence in welfare considerations. Animal Sentience. 25(23)
https://doi.org/10.51291/2377-7478.1460 [Download]
6. Browning, H. & Maple, T. (2019). Developing a metric of usable space for zoo exhibits. Frontiers in Psychology. 10(791) https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00791 [Download]
2018
5. Browning, H. (2018). Won’t somebody please think of the mammoths? De-extinction and animal welfare. Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics. 31(6): 785-803
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10806-018-9755-2 [Download preprint]
4. Browning, H. (2018). No room at the zoo: Management euthanasia and animal welfare. Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics. 31(4): 483-498
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10806-018-9741-8 [Download preprint]
3. Browning, H. (2018). Book Review: Zoo Ethics. Quarterly Review of Biology. 93(2): 149
https://doi.org/10.1086/698059 [Download]
Earlier
2. Browning, H. (2017). Anecdotes can be evidence too. Animal Sentience. 16(13)
https://doi.org/10.51291/2377-7478.1246 [Download]
1. Browning-Jones, H. & Moro, L. (2006). A multi-sensory enrichment program for ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta) at Auckland Zoo, including a novel feeding device. In Proceedings of the 1st Australasian Regional Environmental Enrichment Conference (pp. 42-47).
https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.10908.92809 [Download]
https://doi.org/10.25911/5f1572fb1b5be [Download]
Forthcoming
29. Browning, H. & Veit, W. (forthcoming). The Measurement Problem of Consciousness. Philosophical Topics. [Download preprint]
28. Browning, H. & Veit, W. (forthcoming). Autism and the preference for imaginary worlds. Behavioral and Brain Sciences.
27. Browning, H. & Veit, W. (forthcoming). Utilitarian lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic for non-pandemic diseases. American Journal of Bioethics.
26. Browning, H. & Veit, W. (forthcoming). On the relevance of experimental philosophy to neuroethics. AJOB Neuroscience.
25. Veit, W. & Browning, H. (forthcoming). Has the socio-political role of neuroethics been neglected? AJOB Neuroscience.
24. Veit, W. & Browning, H. (forthcoming). Ethics of Mixed Martial Arts. In Holt, J. & Ramsay, M. (Ed.), The Philosophy of Mixed Martial Arts: Squaring the Octagon. Routledge. [Download preprint]
23. Browning, H. & Veit, W. (forthcoming). Why are we here? Evangelion and the desperate search for meaning in life. In Cotton, C. & Winters, A.M. (eds.) Neon Genesis Evangelion and Philosophy. Chicago: Open Court
22. Veit, W., Earp, B.D., Browning, H., & Savulescu, J. (forthcoming). Evaluating trade-offs between autonomy and wellbeing in supported decision making. American Journal of Bioethics. [Download preprint]
2021
21. Browning, H. & Veit, W. (2021). Does utilitarianism need a rethink? Review of Louis Narens and Brian Skyrms’ The Pursuit of Happiness. Journal of Economic Methodology.
https://doi.org/10.1080/1350178X.2021.1985755 [Download preprint]
20. Veit, W. & Browning, H. (2021). Extending animal welfare science to include wild animals. Animal Sentience. 31(1).
https://doi.org/10.51291/2377-7478.1675 [Download]
19. Browning, H. & Veit, W. (2021). Freedom and animal welfare. Animals. 11(4): 1148
https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11041148 [Download]
18. Veit, W. & Browning, H. (2021). Phenomenology applied to animal health and suffering. In S. Ferrarello (Ed.), Phenomenology of Bioethics: Technoethics and Lived-Experience. Springer: pp. 73-88
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-65613-3_6 [Download preprint]
17. Browning, H. & Veit, W. (2021). Evolutionary biology meets consciousness: Essay review of Simona Ginsburg and Eva Jablonka’s The Evolution of the Sensitive Soul. Biology and Philosophy. 36(1): 5
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10539-021-09781-7 [Download]
16. Birch, J. & Browning, H. (2021). Neural organoids and the precautionary principle. The American Journal of Bioethics. 21(1): 56-58.
https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2020.1845858 [Download preprint]
2020
15. Veit, W. & Browning, H. (2020). Why socio-political beliefs trump individual morality: An evolutionary perspective. AJOB Neuroscience. 11(4): 290-292.
https://doi.org/10.1080/21507740.2020.1830879
14. Browning, H. & Veit, W. (2020). Confined freedom and free confinement: The ethics of captivity in Life of Pi. In Á. T. Bogár and R. S. Szigethy (Eds.). Critical Insights: Life of Pi. Salem Press: 119-134.
https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.27969.38246/1 <Link to Book> [Download preprint]
13. Veit, W. & Browning, H. (2020). Perspectival pluralism for animal welfare. European Journal for Philosophy of Science. 11(9). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13194-020-00322-9 [Download]
12. Browning, H. & Veit, W. (2020). Improving invertebrate welfare. Animal Sentience. 29(4)
http://doi.org/10.51291/2377-7478.1585 [Download]
11. New England Anti-Vivisection Society, American Anti-Vivisection Society, The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, The Humane Society of the United States, Humane Society Legislative Fund, J. Jacquet, B. Franks, J. Pungor, J. Mather, P. Godfrey-Smith, L. Marino, G. Barord, C. Safina, H. Browning, and W. Veit. (2020). Petition to Include Cephalopods as “Animals” Deserving of Humane Treatment under the Public Health Service Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals. Harvard Law School Animal Law & Policy Clinic: 1–30.
https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.27522.30401 [Download]
10. Browning, H. & Veit, W. (2020). Is humane slaughter possible? Animals. 10(5): 799
https://doi.org/10.3390/ani10050799 [Download]
2019
9. Browning, H. (2019). The natural behavior debate: Two conceptions of animal welfare. Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science. 1-13
https://doi.org/10.1080/10888705.2019.1672552 [Download preprint]
8. Browning, H. (2019). What is good for an octopus? Animal Sentience. 26(7)
https://doi.org/10.51291/2377-7478.1476 [Download]
7. Browning, H. (2019). What should we do about sheep? The role of intelligence in welfare considerations. Animal Sentience. 25(23)
https://doi.org/10.51291/2377-7478.1460 [Download]
6. Browning, H. & Maple, T. (2019). Developing a metric of usable space for zoo exhibits. Frontiers in Psychology. 10(791) https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00791 [Download]
2018
5. Browning, H. (2018). Won’t somebody please think of the mammoths? De-extinction and animal welfare. Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics. 31(6): 785-803
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10806-018-9755-2 [Download preprint]
4. Browning, H. (2018). No room at the zoo: Management euthanasia and animal welfare. Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics. 31(4): 483-498
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10806-018-9741-8 [Download preprint]
3. Browning, H. (2018). Book Review: Zoo Ethics. Quarterly Review of Biology. 93(2): 149
https://doi.org/10.1086/698059 [Download]
Earlier
2. Browning, H. (2017). Anecdotes can be evidence too. Animal Sentience. 16(13)
https://doi.org/10.51291/2377-7478.1246 [Download]
1. Browning-Jones, H. & Moro, L. (2006). A multi-sensory enrichment program for ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta) at Auckland Zoo, including a novel feeding device. In Proceedings of the 1st Australasian Regional Environmental Enrichment Conference (pp. 42-47).
https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.10908.92809 [Download]
