PHIL 4600. Animal Ethics: An Historical Perspective. 3 Hours.
Also offered as HIST 4600. An investigation of the ethics of human-nonhuman relationship and how ethical concerns have been interpreted in various historical periods and regions. Particular attention will be paid to how the ethics of human-nonhuman relationships have varied in different regions of the world, such as in Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Americas, as well as change over historical periods, such as the Industrial Revolution.