Animal Ethics (2008-2009)
Convener: Joel Marks, Professor Emeritus, Philosophy, University of New Haven
Advisory Group:
Carol Pollard, Associate Director, Bioethics Center
David H. Smith, Director, Bioethics Center
Wendell Wallach, Chair, Technology & Ethics Study Group
The schedule for 2008-2009 was as follows:
September 25: Sue A. Leary, President, American Anti-Vivisection Society and Alternatives Research & Development Foundation
What Are the Prospects for Medical Research and Education Without the Use of Animals?
October 23: Kari Weil, Professor of Letters, Wesleyan University
Killing Animals: Grandin and Coetzee on Nonverbal Ethics
December 4: Gary L. Francione, Distinguished Professor of Law and Nicholas deB. Katzenbach Scholar of Law & Philosophy, Rutgers School of Law
Animals Rights vs. Animal Welfare
January 22: Ramona Ilea, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Pacific University
Factory Farming, Animal Protection, and Environmental Issues
February 26: Wayne Pacelle, President and Chief Executive Officer, The Humane Society of the United States
Discussion with the leader of the U.S.'s largest animal protection organization
March 26: Colin Allen, Professor, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, and member, Cognitive Science Program and Center for the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior, Indiana University
Ethics and the Science of Animal Minds, with particular attention to Pain
April 23: Kathleen Kete, Associate Professor of History, Trinity College
Animal Protection in Historical Context, including during the Nazi regime
