In this episode Steve Cooke discusses the significance of philosophy in helping to foster moral imagination. Such imagination allows for conceptual development, making moral progress and political change possible. With this backdrop, Steve unpacks how the development of habitat rights for animals would be an important step in ensuring animal …continue
In this episode, Claudia talks to Angie Pepper about cosmopolitanism. Angie explains how cosmopolitans think about justice as being global in scope. However, despite their expansive view of justice, cosmopolitan thought still doesn’t adequately account for animals. They discuss the challenges of including animals in such an expansive view of …continue
“So I’m asking very different questions in how I set up the test, because I want to know what is your native response here? Not a trained response, not a prompted response. I’m not begging you or just simply orienting you to me because I’m doing something. I want to …continue
Arin Greenwood describes herself as an animal writer, novelist and lawyer. Her young adult book “Your Robot Dog Will Die” was published in 2018. Arin was animal welfare editor for The Huffington Post and now writes about dogs, cats, and other animals for The Today Show, The Dodo, The Washington Post, …continue
Our episode this week Claire is joined by Caroline for a discussion of the book Pollution is Colonialism by Red River Métis/Michif Associate Professor of Geography at Memorial University Max Liboiron (they/them). Topics discussed: What really stood out for us from this book and why was it of interest. What challenged us most from this book.Useful links:https://maxliboiron.comCivic Laboratory …continue
Factory farming octopuses? Hell, no! Laura Lee Cascada joins us to tell us what happened when she found out about a planned octopus farm in Hawaii and how she got to work putting an end to it. ABOUT OUR GUEST Laura Lee Cascada (she/her) has led environmental and animal …continue
Cameron is the executive director of Wild Animal Initiative, a nonprofit dedicated to improving the lives of animals by accelerating the growth of wild animal welfare science.In this episode Cameron helps us to understand the vast topic of wild animal suffering. Cameron makes the compelling case for why we should …continue
On this episode of Knowing Animals, we are joined by Dr Christopher Bobier. Chris is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota and the Associate Director of the Hendrickson Institute for Ethical Leadership. Among other things, his research concerns ethics, including lots of work on animal …continue
