Assignment #7: Drawing the line; plants, insects, and animal ethics

 2. On the question of where to draw the line separating morally considerable beings from others:

https://www.animal-rights.com/arsec5q

Assignment #1: Syllabus; Why Animals Matter; etc.

Things to do:

1. Read over the syllabus and related handouts (especially, at this early stage, handout CPE); bring questions to our next class.

2. Begin reading from our text: Gruen, Chapters 1-2.

Supplemental readings: 

1. Gruen "The Moral Status of Animals."

2. Bekoff.  (Brief Psychology Today article on animal emotions and capacities.)

3. Pala Najana. The scope of the slaughter: If Humans Were Killed at the Same Rate as Animals for Food, We'd Be Extinct in Just 2.5 Days

4. Silliman & Braden-Johnson, Multicriterial Value Incrementalism:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_Ok_EXn3Gk7B3AqmPbFxf7KtV1dpoVv_xUtF9KCSbWU/edit?usp=sharing