PHIL 216
Philosophy of Animals Spring 2016
Division II Writing Skills
Cross-listed ENVI 216
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This course will investigate the mental lives of non-human animals. 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#: 3579
Grading: yes pass/fail option, yes fifth course option
Requirements/Evaluation: four 4- to 6-page papers and one 10- to 12-page final paper
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
Notes: This course is cross-listed and the prefixes carry the following divisional credit:
PHIL 216 Division II ENVI 216 Division II
Attributes: ENVI Humanities, Arts + Social Science Electives
ENVP SC-B Group Electives
PHIL Contemp Metaphysics + Epistemology Courses

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