1. Read: Chapter 7, Gruen.
2. Identify topics in animal ethics (those covered or neglected) that, in your view, deserve further consideration.
3. My early essay, entitled "The Final Conceit," tracing anthropocentrism (human-exceptionalism) through the ethics, epistemology, and metaphysics:
Reminder: Presentation of Book reviews next week.
Monday: Masyn, Ethan
Wednesday: Julian, Jesse, Miranda
Regan, Tom - Christians Are What Christians Eat | PDF (Readable, but not downloadable)
See also:
2. On the question of where to draw the line separating morally considerable beings from others:
Read:
1. Chapter 6, Gruen.
2. Everett: "Environmental Ethics, Animal Welfarism, and the Problem of Predation."
Read: Kathie Jenni, "Dilemmas in Social Philosophy: Abortion and Animal Rights":
1. Read Chapter 5, Gruen.
Supplemental:
a. Francione, "Why Keeping a Pet is Fundamentally Unethical"
https://aeon.co/essays/why-keeping-a-pet-is-fundamentally-unethical
Update; here's a view (somewhat) critical of Francione's:
https://www.jstor.org/stable/26813156
b. Video on pet ownership: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrwG1BHdHIk
c. Acampora, "Zoos and Eyes"
d. "Vegan Food for Animals."
https://www.animal-ethics.org/defending-animals/veganism/vegan-food-for-animals/
e. "Should Vegans have Vegan Dogs and Cats?"
https://freefromharm.org/common-justifications-for-eating-animals/vegan-dogs-and-cats/
f. Engel, "Fishy Reasoning..."
https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/bts/vol23/iss1/3/
g. Squadrito, "The Tropical Fish Hobby..."