Guest guest Posted January 4, 2009 Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 Hi Everyone: I was wondering if anyone else would be interested in getting together to discuss Animal Rights from a philosophical perspective. The idea would be to meet once per month or bi-monthly to discuss a book chapter, paper or even online lecture in an area of animal rights/liberation philosophy. Such a group would provide an excellent opportunity to hone our ability to reply to those who ostensibly attack our beliefs on rational grounds, as well as acquaint or re-acquaint ourselves with the excellent work in ethics that's taken place in the last few decades regarding the moral consideration of nonhuman animals. Possible Topics: -->Argument regarding marginal cases (philosophers opposed to animal rights have been trying to overcome this argument for 33 years with no success). [singer " Animal Liberation " Chapter 1, or " Practical Ethics'] -->Animal and morals from the point of view of the major approaches to applied ethics: o Rights perspective [Tom Regan] o Utilitarianism [Peter Singer] and it's dangers o Ethic of Care [Josephine Donavon] / Feminist approaches o Noncognitivist approaches --> " Gotch ya's " , issues and thought experiments o What's wrong with eating road kill? If you're interested, please reply or shoot me an email at pdx_yyz. Cheers, Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 5, 2009 Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 Id be very interested. please keep me in the loop.-joelleOn Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 7:48 PM, pdx_yyz <pdx_yyz wrote: Hi Everyone: I was wondering if anyone else would be interested in getting together to discuss Animal Rights from a philosophical perspective. The idea would be to meet once per month or bi-monthly to discuss a book chapter, paper or even online lecture in an area of animal rights/liberation philosophy. Such a group would provide an excellent opportunity to hone our ability to reply to those who ostensibly attack our beliefs on rational grounds, as well as acquaint or re-acquaint ourselves with the excellent work in ethics that's taken place in the last few decades regarding the moral consideration of nonhuman animals. Possible Topics: -->Argument regarding marginal cases (philosophers opposed to animal rights have been trying to overcome this argument for 33 years with no success). [singer " Animal Liberation " Chapter 1, or " Practical Ethics'] -->Animal and morals from the point of view of the major approaches to applied ethics: o Rights perspective [Tom Regan] o Utilitarianism [Peter Singer] and it's dangers o Ethic of Care [Josephine Donavon] / Feminist approaches o Noncognitivist approaches --> " Gotch ya's " , issues and thought experiments o What's wrong with eating road kill? If you're interested, please reply or shoot me an email at pdx_yyz. Cheers, Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 5, 2009 Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 I would be very interested in an AR philosophy group. Where were you thinking of holding it? Are you waiting to see where the majority of people interested in the group live? I would be most interested in the east bay or san fran. What a great idea! Stephanie " Our task must be to widen our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty. " Albert Einstein " The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the ways its animals are treated. " Mahatma Gandhi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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