ENGL1721 · Complex Problems and Enduring Questions
Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences
This is an Enduring Question course and is open to FRESHMEN only. You must take PSYC1092 with this course. What is a human and who is an animal? What is a human and who is an animal? Humanism has questionably attributed reason, morality, speech, ritual, and the capacity to imagine future worlds to humans alone. All major philosophies and religions try to separate humans from animals. For instance, in Genesis, God distinguishes Adam and Eve from the beasts, then instructs Adam to name them. Humans still grapple with the ethics of eating, wearing, and experimenting on animals, as well as with understanding how various mental abilities are represented across species. These courses use comparative psychology and literary study to interrogate the blurry and problematic boundaries between human and non-human animals.
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Fall 2024
1 section