Preface
The
contents of this book are based on from materials I developed to teach a course
called “Animals and Ethics” for the Humane Society of the United States’ Humane
Society University from 2008-2015. The course’s description and goals are
on the next pages. These introductory-level materials are the Lectures,
which are the most important and useful part of this booklet, a Schedule of Readings,
and a Syllabus. I hope these materials will find use in courses and discussion
groups and be helpful for individual readers. The Humane Society University is
no longer operating, but I am grateful to them for the opportunity to develop
and teach this course and for the students who took part in the course.
This book
can serve as a brief guide and companion to some important in-print books on
animals and ethics by Peter Singer (Animal Liberation, among others),
Tom Regan (Empty Cages, among others) and Mark Rowlands (Animals Like
Us, among others) and others. This book refers to many sources, both in
print and online. For online sources, I usually – but not always – provide a
URL for the source; if not, I write (Google) after the source. If the given URL
does not work, readers should Google the author and title (or the title in
quotes) to try to find the source. Since URLs come and go and uploaded
materials change, perhaps this will yield the reading. Also, who knows what
other interesting sources and discussion on these issues that Google might turn
up!
Please feel
free to contact me with any reactions to these materials and with any
suggestions or questions. I look forward to hearing from you!
Nathan Nobis, Ph.D.
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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