Groupe de lecture – Shelly Kagan (2019), « How to count animals, more or less »

À l’hiver 2020, le GRÉEA organise un groupe de lecture autour du livre de Shelly Kagan (2019), How to count animals, more or less, Oxford University Press

Les mardis, 10.00 - 12.00
Centre de recherche en éthique, salle 309
2910, Bd. Edouard-Montpetit
Université de Montréal, Montréal

Calendrier des séances

• 14 Janvier: chapitres 1-2
• 28 Janvier: chapitres 3-4
• 11 Février: chapitres 5-6
• 3 Mars: chapitres 7-8
• 17 Mars: chapitres 9-10
• 31 Mars: chapitre 11

Le groupe de lecture est ouvert à tout-es. Un extrait des chapitres sera publié sur notre site une semaine environ avant chaque séance. 

Abstract

Most people agree that animals count morally, but how exactly should we take animals into account? A prominent stance in contemporary ethical discussions is that animals have the same moral status that people do, and so in moral deliberation the similar interests of animals and people should be given the very same consideration. In How to Count Animals, more or less, Shelly Kagan sets out and defends a hierarchical approach in which people count more than animals do and some animals count more than others. For the most part, moral theories have not been developed in such a way as to take account of differences in status. By arguing for a hierarchical account of morality – and exploring what status sensitive principles might look like – Kagan reveals just how much work needs to be done to arrive at an adequate view of our duties toward animals, and of morality more generally.