Ethics, Humans, and Other Animals Reading and Discussion

Reading and Discussion:

Ethics, Humans, and Other Animals: An Introduction with readings
by Rosalind Hursthouse

Sundays 3-7PM @ Grand Central Terminal, 42nd Street and Park Avenue
Dining Concourse (lower level - table near Junior's)

Sunday, Jan 2, 2010: Chapter #6 : "The Virtue Ethics Defence of Animals" (Pages 158-166)

Sunday, January 16: On the Side of the Animals

Short essays by Mary Midgely, Stephen Clark, Peter Singer, Tom Regan, Bernard Rollin, Andrew Linzey, and Richard Ryder)

(Complete text online at http://tinyurl.com/aniside  or as pages 228-239 of Ethics, Humans, and Other Animals -- no prior reading is necessary to appreciate this selection).

Sunday, January 30, 3-7PM, Test Your Knowledge of Animal Ethics!

Join us as we challenge ourselves with Rosalind Hursthouse's final test (p.241-260) and hold our final discussion on Ethics, Humans, and Other Animals. Find out how well you understand the arguments of philosophers like Peter Singer (Animal Liberation), Tom Regan (The Case for Animal Rights), Mary Midgely (Animals and Why They Matter). Roger Scruton (Animal Rights and Wrongs), and Hursthouse herself.

Participants will apply their critical thinking skills to discuss Hursthouse's challenging questions and together determine the best answers. Then we'll review and discuss the answers that Hursthouse provides.

Subway - 4/5/6 or 7 to 42nd St/ Grand Central Terminal/ Lexington Ave or Times Square Shuttle (S) to Grand Central-Park Ave)

Bus - M1, M2, M3, M4, M5, M42, M98, M101, M102, M104, Q32

Can't find us? Call (917) 543-2208. Email animalethicsbooks@gmail.com  for more info.

About Ethics, Humans, and Other Animals

Rosalind Hursthouse carefully introduces one of three standard approaches in current ethical theory: utilitarianism, rights, and virtue ethics. She then proceeds to clearly explain how each approach encourages us to think about our treatment of animals. Every chapter is linked to a reading from a key exponent of each approach.

'Clear, insightful look at all sides of the argument about our treatment of animals.'
- Sunday Times

'Anyone who seriously worked through this book would become a very careful and critical thinker.'
- Nathan Nobis, Ph.D, Department of Philosophy & Religion, Moorehouse College

Reading the text in advance is strongly encouraged, but feel free to come even if you can't do the reading – we will do a critical reread at each meeting.

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About the Animal Ethics Reading and Discussion Group

A new project designed to help animal advocates:

Explore animal ethics through reading and discussion.

Clarify our ideas and become better spokespeople for the movement.