INTRODUCTIONS
- what is your favorite kind of animal encounter?
- e.g. interacting with your cat, spotting an animal in the wild, riding a horse, being at the zoo, etc.
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BLOG TOUR
- Home/schedule page
- instructions, policies at top
- Scroll down to each day to to find readings and assignments
- Simple syllabus, basis for grade
- Attendance policy
MORE
- End of today: we'll discuss reading responses
- Wed: the AI policy
- Fri: more about field trips
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WHAT IS THIS CLASS ABOUT?
THE PLAN: 7 MODULES
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OUR CONFLICTING ATTITUDES TOWARD ANIMALS
ICELANDERS AND PUFFINS
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WESTMAN ISLANDS: LOVING PUFFINS
Watch up to 8:00 -- "Every puffin counts"
GRIMSEY ISLAND: KILLING PUFFINS
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| Hunting article the lundaveiðar (summer puffin hunt) tradition |
THE SAME PEOPLE SAVE & KILL/EAT
- the hunters on Grimsey are from the Westman Islands
- they bring the puffins back for a summer feast everyone participates in (Thjóðhátíð)
- so the same people save and eat puffins
OTHER EXAMPLES CLOSER TO HOME
POSITIONS
- SAVE & KILL. Makes sense to love, save AND kill eat...no confusion, no conflict
- SAVE, DON'T KILL.
- KILL, DON'T SAVE.
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NEXT TIME: Classic views
- Aristotle
- Passages from Bible
- What would they say about the Icelanders?
- Descartes
- Kant
- Bentham
- Singer
- Regan
- Hindu views
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