The Ethics of Human/Animal Relationships. ((3 Credits))

Catalog description

Prerequisite(s): ( PHIL 2050 or PHIL 2050G or PHIL 2050H or PHIL 1000 or PHIL 1000H ) and University Advanced Standing Introduces a comprehensive philosophical and academic investigation of the relationship between human and nonhuman animals. Develops and refines critical thinking and discursive strategies for evaluating traditional and contemporary philosophical, legal, religious, moral, and social considerations that inform human attitudes about nonhuman animals. Challenges students to analyze a range of pertinent topics, including, but not limited to: animal welfare, animal liberation, animal sentience and consciousness, animal rights, the animal ethics movement, the animal rights movement, religious attitudes, animals, animal law, and animal activism.