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180081 SE Current Debates in Applied Animal Ethics (2013S)
Continuous assessment of course work
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First meeting: 14. March 2013, last meeting: 20. June 2013.
Thursday, once per week from 14.03.2013-20.06.2013, from 9.30 am to 11.00 am, Hörsaal Souterrain, Messerli Forschungsinstitut, Vetmed Campus, Veterinärplatz 1, 1020 Wien.
Limited number of participants: max. 15 (There will be additional participants from the Vetmed MAsc Interdisciplinary Master in Human-Animal Interactions (IMHAI), so the audience will be an interdisciplinary one).
Thursday, once per week from 14.03.2013-20.06.2013, from 9.30 am to 11.00 am, Hörsaal Souterrain, Messerli Forschungsinstitut, Vetmed Campus, Veterinärplatz 1, 1020 Wien.
Limited number of participants: max. 15 (There will be additional participants from the Vetmed MAsc Interdisciplinary Master in Human-Animal Interactions (IMHAI), so the audience will be an interdisciplinary one).
Registration/Deregistration
Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
- Registration is open from Tu 12.02.2013 18:00 to We 27.02.2013 20:00
- Deregistration possible until We 27.02.2013 20:00
Details
max. 15 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes
Currently no class schedule is known.
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Aims, contents and method of the course
This seminar deals with the practical questions of animal ethics and human-animal interaction. The central question is not, how we can theoretically account for an ethical treatment of animals but how ethical claims are being transferred to practice and implemented. Problems and challenges will become visible when dealing with the actual situation of farm animals, laboratory animals, zoo animals, wild animals and companion animals. The seminar will address questions of killing and eating animals from an ethical point of view (Farm animals meat production / Laboratory animals animal experimentation / Wild animals species and wildlife conservation) and questions beyond the problem of killing: Ethical problems in farm animal husbandry / Ethical problems in laboratory animal husbandry / Ethical problems in zoo animal husbandry / Ethical problems in pet husbandry and pet trade).
Assessment and permitted materials
Course assessment: "Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung": continuous participation is mandatory. A detailed list of papers which the students have to read in advance of each class will be handed to them in the first session.
Students have to give an oral presentation (20-30 min.) and write a paper (12 pages). Alternatively, they can give an oral presentation (20-30 min.), write a shorter essay (6 pages) and facilitate one of the discussions in class (discussant). Being a discussant means: you are well prepared for the discussion, you have spoken with the students giving the presentation, thus you know, what they will present, and you have prepared some interesting questions for the audience. The result should be a structured debate.
Submission of the papers and essays: at the latest until 6. September 2013.
Students have to give an oral presentation (20-30 min.) and write a paper (12 pages). Alternatively, they can give an oral presentation (20-30 min.), write a shorter essay (6 pages) and facilitate one of the discussions in class (discussant). Being a discussant means: you are well prepared for the discussion, you have spoken with the students giving the presentation, thus you know, what they will present, and you have prepared some interesting questions for the audience. The result should be a structured debate.
Submission of the papers and essays: at the latest until 6. September 2013.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
The seminar aims to discuss topical problems in human-animal interaction. Clearly, the discussed issues pose challenges to all humans dealing and working with animals, be they veterinarians, zoo managers and keepers, laboratory staff, livestock and pet owners, conservationists, activists or politicians. The master students shall gain insight into these discussions and strengthen their own ethical arguments.
Examination topics
Presentations by lecturer, presentations by participants, discussions (based on presentations, reading, and movie).
Reading list
Association in the course directory
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