- The midterm will be on Friday Oct. 14. It will be in class.
- The midterm questions are HERE. The actual midterm will consist of 4-6 of those questions.
- Suggested length for each answer: like one RR (150-250 words). There's a sample question and answer here. Use all the time available!
- We will review on Wednesday, Oct 12. Come with questions!
- You should have a plan for each of the 8 questions. Use blog posts, slides, readings, your notes, and your RRs.
- Also use the tabs above: Animal Ethics Camps & Animal Minds Worksheet
- The index below will help you find pertinent material.
- Look over the midterm questions.
- Spend 5 minutes looking at pertinent material – see above (5 & 6).
- Write one question at the workbook or put an X beside someone else's question. Sample questions are in the workbook.
1. ANIMALS IN WESTERN THOUGHT
8.24 Aristotle on Human Superiority Aristotle slides
8.26 Descartes on Animal Machines Descartes slides
8.29 Pillars of Modern Ethics Kant slides
8.31 A Peek Beyond the West Carpenter
2. CONTEMPORARY ANIMAL ETHICS
9.2 Animal Liberation Singer vs. Kagan slides
9.7 Defending Speciesism Singer vs. Kagan slides
9.9 Animal Have Rights Regan and Carruthers slides
9.12 Animals Have No Rights Regan and Carruthers slides
3. INTERLUDE: ANIMAL MINDS (animal minds worksheet)
9.14 Being Smart about Animals DeWaal
9.19 Trapped in the present? DeWaal
9.21 Self-awareness and Morality DeWaal
9.23 Consciousness DeWaal and Godfrey-Smith
9.26 Pain and Fear Zoo presentation, Temple Grandin on pain
4. RELATIONAL ANIMAL ETHICS
9.28 Care and Ecofeminism Lori Gruen, objections to current ethics
9.30 Care and Ecofeminism Lori Gruen, entangled empathy, applications
10.3 Capacities and Contexts Clare Palmer, wild vs. domesticated
10.5 Animal Categories D&K Zoopolis, animal citizens
10.7 Animal Categories D&K Zoopolis, liminal denizens, wild sovereigns