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Animals & Ethics 101 - Thinking Critically About Animal Rights

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Animals & Ethics 101 - Thinking Critically About Animal Rights

This book provides an overview of the current debates about the nature and extent of our moral obligations to animals. Which, if any, uses of animals are morally wrong, which are morally permissible (i.e., not wrong) and why? What, if any, moral obligations do we, individually and as a society (and a global community), have towards animals and why? How should animals be treated? Why? We will explore the most influential and most developed answers to these questions.

PhilosophyHumanities
Author
Nathan Nobis
Publisher
Morehouse College
Source
LibreTexts
License
CC BY-SA
Language
EN
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Contents· 65 sections
  1. 01: Introduction to Ethics Logic and Ethics and Animals
  2. 1.01: Readings
  3. 1.02: Moral Questions
  4. 1.03: Not Morally Right but Morally Permissible and or Morally Obligatory
  5. 1.04: Not Necessarily Animal Rights
  6. 1.05: Introduction to Logic
  7. 1.06: Introduction to Ethics
  8. 1.07: A Brief Comment
  9. 1.08: Introduction to Animal Ethics
  10. 1.09: Discussion Questions
  11. 02: What Are (Some) Animals Like Animal Minds and Harms to Animals
  12. 2.01: Readings
  13. 2.02: Being Specific About Species
  14. 2.03: How Do We Know Arguments from Analogy and Inference to the Best Scientific Explanation
  15. 2.04: Necessary Conditions for Having a Mind
  16. 2.05: Discussion Questions
  17. 2.06: Paper option
  18. 03: In Defense of Animals- Some Moral Arguments
  19. 3.01: Readings
  20. 3.02: General Theories and Particular Cases
  21. 3.03: Inference to the Best Moral Explanation
  22. 3.04: Sufficient Conditions for Taking Someones Interests Seriously
  23. 3.05: Again the Issue is Not (Necessarily) Animal Rights
  24. 3.06: Discussion Questions
  25. 04: Objections to Defenses of Animals and Defending Animal Use
  26. 4.01: Readings
  27. 4.02: General Theories and Particular Cases
  28. 4.03: Cases Against Animals
  29. 4.04: Inference to Better Moral Explanations
  30. 4.05: Common Invalid Arguments
  31. 4.06: Making the Discussion Concrete
  32. 4.07: Discussion Questions
  33. 05: Wearing and Eating Animals
  34. 5.01: Readings
  35. 5.02: Fur and Food
  36. 5.03: Personal Challenges and Logic
  37. 5.04: Factory Farming vs. Vegetarianism vs. Veganism vs. Humane Animal Agriculture vs.
  38. 5.05: Painless and Humane Killing
  39. 5.06: Discussion Questions
  40. 06: Experimenting on Animals Animals in Education
  41. 6.01: Readings
  42. 6.02: Science Does Not Answer Moral Questions
  43. 6.03: Theoretical Foundations and Unprincipled Responses
  44. 6.04: Benefits Arguments
  45. 6.05: Necessity Arguments
  46. 6.06: No Alternatives Arguments
  47. 6.07: Painless and Humane Killing Again
  48. 6.08: Logic and Keeping Cool
  49. 6.09: Discussion Questions
  50. 07: Pets Companion Animals Zoos Hunting Racing and other Uses of Animals
  51. 7.01: Readings
  52. 7.02: Pets and Pet Ownership vs. Companion Animals and Animal Guardians
  53. 7.03: Ends and Means
  54. 7.04: Discussion Questions
  55. 08: Activism for Animals
  56. 8.01: Readings
  57. 8.02: Criticisms or Complaints about (Some) Activists Have No Implications for the Morality of Animal Use
  58. 8.03: Ends and Means
  59. 8.04: Animal Advocates Promoting Animal Use
  60. 8.05: Illegal Actions
  61. 8.06: Violent Actions
  62. 8.07: Discussion Questions
  63. 8.08: Recommended Further Reading-
  64. 8.09: Abortion and Animal Rights- Does Either Topic Lead to the Other
  65. 8.10: Animal Testing Should Be Banned