Human/animal relationships and moral progress
Informacje ogólne
Kod przedmiotu: | WF-OB-U2-HAR |
Kod Erasmus / ISCED: | (brak danych) / (brak danych) |
Nazwa przedmiotu: | Human/animal relationships and moral progress |
Jednostka: | Centrum Ekologii i Ekofilozofii |
Grupy: | |
Punkty ECTS i inne: |
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Język prowadzenia: | angielski |
Poziom przedmiotu: | podstawowy |
Symbol/Symbole kierunkowe efektów uczenia się: | OB2_W09 OB2_W12 OB2_U01 OB2_U09 |
Skrócony opis: |
• Non human animals are part of human life in many ways. As a matter of fact, human civilization could not be possibile without the extensive use that Homo sapiens sa made of non human species. In the last two centuries human-animal relationships have been more and more under scrutiny of critical reflection and philosophical thinking in order to propose their reform. Human/animal relationships are nowadays part of a process of moral reformation and, in a sense, they can be regarded as a part of moral progress. The course will focus on the idea of reform of human/animal relationships as moral progress through both an examination of the idea of moral progress in its philosophical underpinnings and theoretical aspects and an analysis of animal ethics theories and their outcomes in daily life contexts of human/animal interactions. |
Pełny opis: |
1. Human/animal relationships: biological evolution and cultural history (6 hours) 2. The nature of ethics and the idea of moral progress (6 hours) 3. Animal ethics as moral progress (6 hours) 4. Animal ethics in real life (6 hours) 5. The future of human/animal relationships (6 hours) |
Literatura: |
- De Grazia. David. 2002. Animal rights. A very short introduction, Oxford: Oxford U.P. - Jamieson. Dale. 2003. Morality's Progress: Essays on Humans, Other Animals, and the Rest of Nature. Oxford: Clarendon Press. - Midgley. Mary. 1983. Animals and Why They Matter, Athens: University of Georgia Press - Shipman. Pat. 2011, The animal connection. A new perspective on what makes us human, New York: W.W. Norton & Co. - Singer. Peter. 1995. Animal Liberation. London: Pimlico |
Efekty kształcenia i opis ECTS: |
Students will gain knowledge human/animal relationships as moral progress through both an examination of the idea of moral progress in its philosophical underpinnings and theoretical aspects and an analysis of animal ethics theories and their outcomes in daily life contexts of human/animal interactions. |
Metody i kryteria oceniania: |
• Method of teaching: Lecture, discussion, and case studies • Methods of knowledge verification: Students are obliged to write a philosophical essay. The grade will depend on the student's ability to express and prove his/her point of view on the essay's subject. |
Właścicielem praw autorskich jest Uniwersytet Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego w Warszawie.