PHIL 217
Philosophy of Animal Life Spring 2013
Division II Writing Skills
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This course will investigate the nature of non-human animals and our relationship to them. Throughout we will aim to fuse a rigorous scientific perspective with more humanistic themes and moral inquiry. Topics will include animal minds and cognition, empathy and evolution, the history of domestication, animal rights, cross-cultural views on animals, arguments against and for vegetarianism and veganism, and pets and happiness.
The Class: Format: seminar
Limit: 19
Expected: 19
Class#: 3397
Grading: yes pass/fail option, yes fifth course option
Requirements/Evaluation: five 5- to 7-page essays
Prerequisites: none
Enrollment Preferences: students with at least one previous philosophy course
Unit Notes: meets Contemporary Metaphysics & Epistemology requirement only if registration is under PHIL
Distributions: Division II Writing Skills
Attributes: PHIL Contemp Metaphysics + Epistemology Courses

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