PHIL 345

PHIL 345 : Humans and Other Animals
Instructor: Howard Nye

Course Description:

Are we morally required to be vegan? Under what conditions, if any, is animal experimentation ethical? What kinds of experiences and thoughts are various animals capable of having, and how does this affect our moral duties towards them? In this course we will explore such important questions about the ethical treatment of non-human animals. To do so, we will examine the bearing of such general ethical and conceptual issues as what affects our duties to avoid harming others, what makes death harmful and killing wrong, and what constitutes good evidence that a being is capable of various feelings or thoughts.