Animal Ethics 2010-2011
Co-conveners:
Susan Kopp, DVM, Professor, Veterinary Technology Program, LaGuardia Community College (CUNY)
Joel Marks, Professor Emeritus, Philosophy, University of New Haven
September 23: Marc Bekoff, Professor Emeritus of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado
Animals as Moral Agents
October 28: Bryan Bannon, Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in the College of the Environment at Wesleyan University
Of Seeing and Speaking: Gestural Communication as a Basis For Caring For Animals
December 2: G. Kenneth Bernhard, principal attorney, Cohen and Wolf, P.C.
Efforts to Counteract Elephant Poaching in Kenya
February 10 : Scott L. Plous, Professor of Psychology, Wesleyan University
Do Americans See Their Diet and Lifestyle Choices as Ethical?
February 24: Parker Shipton, Professor of Anthropology and Research Fellow in African Studies, Boston University; Co-editor, On the Human (online), National Humanities Center
Animal Sacrifice and Classification
March 24: Alice Crary, Associate Professor of Philosophy, The New School for Social Research
Speciesism and its Discontents
April 21: Linda Brent, President and Director, Chimp Haven, Keithville, LA
Chimpanzee Sanctuaries: Reflections of Changing Ethics or Financial Considerations?
