animal ethics
TagWild Animal Welfare Program Launches at NYU
New York University has launched a new interdisciplinary program to support, coordinate, and disseminate research about the well-being of wild animals. (more…)
Did This Monkey Intentionally Take A Selfie?
Some monkey business is raising questions in philosophy of action, philosophy of language, legal theory, and animal ethics.
British photographer David Slater traveled to the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, came across some macaque monkeys, and set up a camera with a tripod. One of the monkeys, Naruto, reportedly pressed the button on the camera, with the result be..