9.09.2022

Contemporary Animal Ethics: Animals Have Rights

AGENDA

  1. Housekeeping
    • Monday: Peter Carruthers, no animal rights
    • Wednesday: you will need the DeWaal book!
    • Friday: no class, but quiz is due (see below)
    • Annotation feedback--answer each others' questions!
    • Presentation readings--read notes on presentation page at Canvas
  2. More on speciesism
  3. Regan's argument for animal rights

Quiz due next Friday, Sept. 16

  1. No class on Friday but quiz is due.
  2. Quiz will be submitted online. It will be available Sept 15 (8 am) and due Sept 16 (1:50 pm)
  3. It's "open everything" (all class material) -- you can look at your notes, the blog, the readings, your RRs. However you can't copy or quote from anything. Working together is not permitted. 
  4. The questions will be essay format and will deal with modules 1 and 2. You will have to answer 2-3 questions.
  5. All of the questions require some interpreting and/or evaluating. Each essay ought to be about 200 words. (There will be an upper limit.)
  6. We'll review a bit on Sept. 14.
Sample question