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Nov 03, 2024
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PHI 131 - (HP) Ethics and AnimalsSemester Hours: 3
Periodically
Inquiry into the ethical significance of non-human animals. Consideration of such issues as whether non-human animals have interests and rights; whether animals’ capacity for consciousness or for pain and pleasure is a basis for their having ethical significance; whether animals are due a certain level of care and concern. The course will also examine whether similarity to human beings is necessary for non-human animals to have ethical significance. The course may look at cases involving the treatment and portrayal of animals in agriculture and diet, science and education, wild nature and domestic life, and entertainment and fashion.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
(Formerly (HP) Animal Ethics: Inter-species Moral Philosophy.)
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