Animal Ethics in Asia
Animal Ethics in Asia examines human-animal relationships across the continent through cosmological, cultural, and modern ethical lenses, covering myth, literature, religion, and contemporary policy debates.
Summary
Lectures are mid-sized, with a median of 41 enrolled students in the recorded sections.
What you’ll be able to do
Analyze ethical frameworks and cultural beliefs that shape human-animal relationships across Asia, drawing on religious, philosophical, and anthropological perspectives.
Evaluate contemporary debates on animal welfare, conservation, and public health, considering the intersection of local traditions, national policies, and global movements.
Apply interdisciplinary approaches to assess ethical dilemmas related to animal labor, food production, medicine, and conservation.
Develop critical, evidence-based arguments in both written and verbal formats, synthesizing diverse sources to engage with ethical and political questions surrounding non-human animals.
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Examines the relationships between humans and animals across Asia, exploring cosmological and cultural frameworks as well as modern debates. Examines perspectives from myth, literature, and religion, where ideas about animal symbolism emerge along with concepts of morality, violence, and spiritual kinship with animals. Discusses moral philosophy and critical animal studies, using these perspectives to ethically evaluate issues like animal sacrifice, wildlife trade, animal biotechnologies, zoonotic disease, companion animals, and the ethics of keeping pets and other forms of interspecies intimacy. Considers the impacts of urban expansion, conservation challenges, and the formation of emerging animal rights and justice movements across Asia. How do cultural practices, metaphors, and traditions shape attitudes towards animals? How do people balance economic and ethical responsibilities when it comes to labor, farming, breeding, public health, and environmental challenges?
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Topics
- Myth, literature, religion, and animal symbolism in Asian cultures.
- Moral philosophy, critical animal studies, and specific ethical issues such as sacrifice, trade, and biotechnology.
- Urban expansion, conservation, and emerging animal rights and justice movements in Asia.
Skills
- Analyze ethical frameworks and cultural beliefs shaping human-animal relationships across Asia.
- Apply moral philosophy and critical animal studies to evaluate contemporary ethical dilemmas involving animals.
- Develop critical, evidence-based arguments in written and verbal formats regarding non-human animals.
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