PHIL 217
Philosophy of Animal Life
Spring 2013
Division II
Writing Skills
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Class Details
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
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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PHIL 217 - 01 (S) SEM Philosophy of Animal Life
PHIL 217 - 01 (S) SEM Philosophy of Animal LifeDivision II Writing SkillsM 7:00 pm - 9:40 pm
Schapiro Hall 1413397
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