OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH ANIMALS

PHIL 2080.01: TOPICS IN PHILOSOPHY. FALL 2000

BOB CORBETT, instructor

Below is a description of the course and the syllabus. In addition you will find essays, commentaries, lectures, reports of discussion and related material for this course.

Course description for PHIL 2080.01: Fall 2000
Syllabus for PHIL 2080.01: OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH ANIMALS The syllabus has not only the general aims and methods of the course, but a detailed syllabus and list of all assignments and criteria for them
Singer, Peter SPECIESISM: FROM ANIMAL LIBERATION Bob Corbett's class notes introducing the notion of "speciesism" from Peter Singer's work and also introducing the general concept of the argument of equality.
Steinbock, Bonnie"Speciesism and the Idea of Equality. These are Bob Corbett's comments on the Steinbock essay. In addition this essay pushes Corbett beyond the issue of animals to some larger aspects of moral philosophy.

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