B. The moral status of animals

General introduction

• Transcription dans le désordre : exercice de classement
• Transcription dans l'ordre

Vocabulaire intéressant dans ce texte :

Vocabulaire général

• What marks the difference between … and …?
• To question the idea that …
• To put the point this way …
• What this shows is that …
• One option is to say that …
• deeply problematic

Vocabulaire spécifique

• What makes us special?
• We have rationality / sophisticated cognitive capacities
• What does give us moral status?
• We should expand the circle of moral concern
• It has profound implications for how we live our lives
• everyday behavior

1/ Deontological ethics and consequentialism

Document

• Deontological ethics & consequentialism

You have only a part of the document : about deontological ethics or consequentialism. You have to explain to the other group what deontological ethics or what consequentialism is.

Exercise

• Exercice de classement de phrases : déontologisme ou conséquentialisme ?

2/ Abolitionism and welfarism

Documents

• Jeangène Vilmer, Jean-Baptiste. “The diversity of animal ethics”
• Luis E. Chiesa, “Animal Rights Unraveled”

Exercise

Abolitionism / welfarism : exercise

Are you an abolitionist or a welfarist?

• Different ways we use animals

Essay : “Are you an abolitionist or a welfarist?” (±300 words)