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

Things to do:

1. Read over the syllabus and related handouts (especially, at this early stage, handout CL); 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.)