Animal Ethics, Animal Minds

Learning Outcomes

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Articulate and defend your own views about the permissible use of animals in different contexts
• Critically evaluate the primary ethical viewpoints on the moral status of animals and our duties towards them
• Recognise connections between moral philosophy regarding animals and the scientific study of animal minds

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• work effectively to deadlines
• take notes from talks and written materials.
• undertake, with adequate supervision, independent work, including identifying and using appropriate resources.

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• Some methods of studying animal minds
• The ethical case for and against different types of animal use
• Some main ethical theories on moral status of animals

Formative

This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.

Presentation

• Assessment Type: Formative
• Feedback:
• Final Assessment: No
• Group Work: Yes
• Percentage contribution: 100%

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat

An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.