FILMS: ANIMAL WELFARE
To Start off this film list begin with this 1 min clip:
A Little Girl Discussing Animals and Dinner (a little girl's view on this topic...adorable)
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Main Films: appox. 45 min
1. Why I Do Not Eat Faces (Why I Do Not Eat Faces; this accompanies article with same title; 8 min...the link is posted here and in the reading section with the article...you can watch the video or read the article).
2. Ellen on the Earthlings Documentary (4 min Ellen Degeneres interview; here she discussed the documentary Earthlings)
Earthlings first 7 min of the Documentary (Pay attention to how this film fits with Peter Singer's and Tom Regan's arguments)
I used to assign the actual film Earthlings but I had several cases of students writing me that they were psychologically affected by this film and one even went into depression over it. So for this term I am offering just the first 7 min of this film..the gnarly stuff comes later in the film so you are on your own if you want to research the film and watch it...viewer discretion advised; it is narrated by Joaquin Phoenix. .
3. Singer on Speciesism part 1 ;
(Interview with Singer on Animals and Speciesism; part one; 8 min)
Singer on Speciesism part 2 (part two; 7 min)....
Part one is required and part two is optional.
4.Tom Regan on Subjects of a Life idea (watch first 5 min); this film also explain the idea of Tom Regan's "interest" or "subjects of a life" of the animal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnxPdAelqvo (5 min) (watch both..10 min total)
5. Blackfish Documentary trailer (this documentary film caused a great controversy in recent years and resulted in a lot less tourism to Sea World; 2 min)
6. Michael Shermer on an Alternative Approach (Michael Shermer offers an interesting approach to this topic...one which many of you may find reasonable; 4 min)
7. Crash course on Animal Welfare (it covers a lot of material from this lesson plan from Singer to Bentham; it wraps it all up and it is an important one to watch (9 min)
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Optional films: Any of these can make for great pie posts...longer ones can be extra credit.
These first 2 short ones are just for fun (no CC for these two)
a. Simpsons clip on topic (4 min clip)
b. Family Guy clip on topic (2 min clip)
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1. Vegan Lecture (watch 20 min)
2.Paul McCartney on Animals (12 min)
3. Dawkins and Singer discussing Animals (10 min)...you might really like this one...so try to watch it!
4. Crash Course on this Topic of Animals (10 min)
5. TED TALK on what the Future Generations will say about our treatment of animals (13 min)