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Animals and Ethics 101
Nathan Nobis
Animals and Ethics 101
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Animals and Ethics 101 helps readers identify and evaluate the arguments for and against various uses of animals, such as: 


  • Is it morally wrong to experiment on animals? Why or why not? 

  • Is it morally permissible to eat meat? Why or why not? 

  • Are we morally obligated to provide pets with veterinary care (and, if so, how much?)? Why or why not? 

And other challenging issues and questions. Developed as a companion volume to an online "Animals & Ethics" course, it is ideal for classroom use, discussion groups or self study. The book presupposes no conclusions on these controversial moral questions about the treatment of animals, and argues for none either. Its goal is to help the reader better engage the issues and arguments on all sides with greater clarity, understanding and argumentative rigor. Nathan Nobis, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Morehouse College in Atlanta, GA USA.

Language
English
ISBN
0692471286
Animals & Ethics 101: Thinking Critically About Animal Rights
Chapter 1:  Introduction to Ethics, Logic and Ethics & Animals
Overview
Readings
Moral Questions
What the Question Is Not: Not “Morally Right,” but Morally Permissible and/or Morally Obligatory
What the Questions Also Is Not: Not (Necessarily) Animal “Rights”
Legal Rights: Not the Issue
Moral Rights: Not Necessarily the Issue
Some Basic Concepts about Arguments: Introduction to Logic
Moral Principles as Premises: Introduction to Ethics
Religion and Ethics: A Brief Comment
Introduction to Animal Ethics
Discussion Questions
Chapter 2: What Are (Some) Animals Like? Animal Minds and Harms to Animals
Overview
Readings
Being Specific About Species
How Do We Know? Arguments from Analogy & Inference to the Best Scientific Explanation
A Source of Doubts: Necessary Conditions for Having a Mind
Discussion Questions
Chapter 3: In Defense of Animals: Some Moral Arguments
Overview
Readings
General Theories and Particular Cases
Arguments from Paradigm Cases: Inference to the Best Moral Explanation
Sufficient Conditions for Taking Someone’s Interests Seriously
Again, the Issue is Not (Necessarily) Animal “Rights”
Discussion Questions
Chapter 4: Objections to Defenses of Animals and Defending Animal Use
Overview
Readings
General Theories and Particular Cases
Necessary Conditions for Taking Someone’s Interests Seriously: Cases Against Animals
Finding Relevant Differences from Arguments from Paradigm Cases: Inference to Better Moral Explanations?
Common Invalid Arguments
Making the Discussion Concrete
Discussion Questions
Chapter 5: Wearing and Eating Animals
Overview
Readings
Fur and Food
Personal Challenges and Logic
Harms to Animals (and Humans): The Facts
Factory Farming vs. Vegetarianism vs. Veganism vs. “Humane” Animal Agriculture vs.??
“Painless” and “Humane” Killing
Discussion Questions
Chapter 6: Experimenting on Animals; Animals in Education
Overview
Readings
Science Does Not Answer Moral Questions
Theoretical Foundations and Unprincipled Responses
“Benefits” Arguments
“Necessity” Arguments
“No Alternatives” Arguments
“Painless” and “Humane” Killing, Again
Logic and Keeping Cool
Discussion Questions
Chapter 7: Pets / Companion Animals; Zoos, Hunting, Racing, and other Uses of Animals
Overview
Readings
“Pets” & Pet “Ownership” vs. Companion Animals & Animal Guardians
Ends and Means
Discussion Questions
Chapter 8: Activism for Animals
Overview
Readings
Criticisms or Complaints about (Some) Activists Have No Implications for the Morality of Animal Use
“Welfarism” & “Welfarists” versus “Animal Rights” & “Abolitionists”: Ends and Means
Animal Advocates Promoting Animal Use?
Illegal Actions
Violent Actions
Discussion Questions
Recommended Further Reading:
Bonus Essay: Abortion and Animal Rights: Does Either Topic Lead to the Other?[16]
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