Ethics Towards Animals 3700-AZm-L1-3-EWZ

Knowledge:

- Basic knowledge of environmental philosophy, philosophy of mind, philosophy of science and ethics.
- Understanding the role of law, customs and morality as regulators of human-animal relations.
- Knowledge about ethical and cultural attitudes towards animals in the history of civilization, especially changes occurring in contemporary times.
- Understanding the natural, economic, legal, social and political determinants of human-animal relations.
- Awareness of the consequences of decisions, especially those affecting the natural environment and animal wellbeing.
- Familiarity with resources in the arts, literature, language and philosophy related to reflection about animals and animality.

Skills
- Diagnosing the main ideological disputes over the status of animals and their use by humans in the course of history
- Communicating in a modern foreign language and making use of foreign-language source materials
- Knowing how to continually update and expand one’s knowledge and improve one’s skills.

Social skills:
- Being prepared for fact-based argumentation in academic debates and ideological disputes while respecting views different from one’s own
- Being prepared for acting in accordance with the code of scientific work ethics and decency while respecting one’s own and others’ health as well as intellectual property rights
- Being prepared for using deductive thinking skills in analysing natural phenomena and cultural processes

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