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With a total of 15 events, our Interdisciplinary
Lectures on Animal Rights (ilar), which ran from the 26th of April
till the 19th of October 2006, extended for more than a semester and
comprised a range of disciplines from the philosophy via theology,
ethnology, law, veterinary medicine, human medicine, politics to
biology and animal protection. It therefore covered all the relevant
fields of the area.
The speakers were renowned scientists from all over the world and also
politicians and animal rights activists -- including Prof. Dr. Tom
Regan, the intellectual leader of the animal rights movement and the
famous social critic Dr. Eugen Drewermann.
We aimed at being accessible for those attending whilst maintaining
high academic standards, and we wanted to provide an insightful
overview of the field of animal rights and to lay out current problems
and attempts at solving them. We hoped to stimulate interdisciplinary
cooperation among the students and scientists of the University of
Heidelberg and to enhance more generally an awareness of animal rights
issues.
Lecture timetable:
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26th
of April: "Animals in the humanities and natural sciences"
Dr. Markus Wild, philosoper, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
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3rd
of May: "Biological foundations of the ethical protection of
animals"
Prof. Dr. Hanno Würbel, zoologist,
Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen
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10th
of May: "Kabbala of the animals: Animal rights within the
Jewish religion and why they are collectively rejected until now"
Dr. Hanna Rheinz, cultural scientist, Munich
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17th
of May: "Animal Liberations -- Crimes or consequent ethics?"
Dr. Helmut F. Kaplan, author and philosopher, Austria
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24th
of May: "Animal Rights: An Introduction"
Prof. Dr. Tom Regan, philosopher, North Carolina State
University, USA
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31st
of May: "Animal Rights in Social Context"
Prof. Dr. Peter S. Wenz, philosopher, University of
Illinois at Springfield, USA
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7th
of June: "Do Animals Have Rights, and Does It Matter if They
Don't?"
Prof. Dr. Mylan Engel Jr., philosopher, Northern Illinois
University, USA
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14th
of June: "Animals in law -- legal policy posits"
Dr. Antoine F. Goetschel, lawyer, Foundation for Animals in
Law, Switzerland
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21st
of June: "Animal Rights -- Ethical foundations and their
reality from the perspective of a public health veterinarian"
Prof. Dr. Jörg Luy, veterinarian, Free University of Berlin
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28th
of June: "Animal rights -- Its dynamics and decisions on
conflicts arising in practice"
Dr. Eisenhart von Loeper, lawyer, Menschen für Tierrechte
e.V.
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5th
of July: "Between Apathy and Empathy: Religious Teachings from
an animal ethics perspective"
Prof. Dr. Kurt Remele, Christian theologist,
Karl-Franzens-University Graz, Austria
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12th
of July: Discussion "Animal testing: Is it scientific, is it
necessary and is it ethically appropriate?"
Moderator: Prof. Dr. Dieter Birnbacher (philosopher)
Participants: Prof. Dr. Axel W. Bauer (ethics of medicine),
Silke Bitz (biologist), PD Dr. Gábor B. Szabó (heart
surgeon),
Prof. Dr. Ursula Wolf (philosopher) |
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19th of July: "The metaphysics of apes:
Negotiating the animal-human boundary"
Prof. Dr. Raymond Corbey, archaeologist and philosopher,
Universiteit Leiden, Netherlands
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19th
of July: Discussion "Animal rights in politics"
Moderator: Prof. Dr. Peter McLaughlin (philosopher)
External expert: Prof. Dr. Raymond Corbey (archaeologist
and philosopher)
Participants: Lothar Binding (SPD), Eva
Bulling-Schroeter (Die Linke.PDS),
Hans-Michael Goldmann (FDP), Dr. Peter Jahr (CDU),
Renate Rastätter (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen) |
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26th of July: "Why Animals Do Not Have Rights"
Prof. Dr. Carl Cohen, philosopher, University of Michigan, USA
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19th of October: "'How is now with thy animals,
say' -- On the necessity of a new ethics"
Dr. Eugen Drewermann, Christian theologist, Paderborn
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IArticles which have been published in connection
with the lecture series can be found
in the press review.
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If you are working in research or teaching, we are
happy to provide a DVD with videos of the talks.
Please contact us via email to
post@ag-tierethik.de
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Further information and videos of the individual
talks can be found at
www.vorlesungen-tierrechte.de |
