Philosophy (PHIL) |
211 Susan Campbell, 541-346-5547
College of Arts & Sciences
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Academic Deadlines
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Last day to: |
| September 24: |
Process a complete drop (100% refund, no W recorded) |
| September 30: |
Drop this course (100% refund, no W recorded; after this date, W's are recorded) |
| September 30: |
Process a complete drop (90% refund, no W recorded; after this date, W's are recorded) |
| October 1: |
Process a complete withdrawal (90% refund, W recorded) |
| October 1: |
Withdraw from this course (100% refund, W recorded) |
| October 2: |
Add this course |
| October 2: |
Last day to change to or from audit |
| October 8: |
Process a complete withdrawal (75% refund, W recorded) |
| October 8: |
Withdraw from this course (75% refund, W recorded) |
| October 15: |
Process a complete withdrawal (50% refund, W recorded) |
| October 15: |
Withdraw from this course (50% refund, W recorded) |
| October 22: |
Process a complete withdrawal (25% refund, W recorded) |
| October 22: |
Withdraw from this course (25% refund, W recorded) |
| November 12: |
Withdraw from this course (0% refund, W recorded) |
| November 12: |
Change grading option for this course |
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Expanded Course Description
| This course will examine ethical concerns related to a number of ways human and other animal beings, especially “wild” animal beings, relate and we will examine some of the connections between these relationships and questions within environmental ethics. There are many underlying assumptions connected with human relationships with animal beings. In this class we will focus on those animal beings considered “wild” as we explore how ontological views about human and other animal beings have informed these relationships and how challenging those ontological assumptions may open up new and
more ethical ways of relating. The course is posited on the idea that it is important to get to know something about particular animal beings in relations with particular human beings in order to have an informed and productive discussion of the ethics of how they might relate in more informed and ethical ways. Human beings’ relationships with other animal beings are of ethical concern in their own right. They also have consequences for a host of other issues, many of which relate to environmental concerns. For example, raising animal beings for food (for humans and “pets”) has consequences for the “wild” animals and the environment; hunting and fishing have consequences for the “wild” animals and for
ecosystem health; waste from “pets” can result in disease transfer to “wild” animal beings and polluted waterways; the conceptualization and capture of “wild” animals for the pet trade impacts animal and human communities; feeding free living birds can result in increased predation. But does this mean we are ethically required to adopt a vegan diet, refrain from all hunting and fishing, stop living with “pets,” and never assist wildlife? This course will explore the complexity of such issues and examine competing perspectives on how such issues might best be approached. Students will be asked to bring their own particular interests/concerns to the course to shape our readings and discussion. The main books for the course will be: Wild Souls: Freedom and Flourishing in the Non-Human World, by Emma Marris and Animal Traffic: Lively Capital in the Global Exotic Pet Trade, by Rosemary-Claire Collard. We will also read and workshop parts of a book I have in
process: Predators, Pests, and Playthings: A Pragmatist Ecofeminist Wildlife Ethic.
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