22-40.120 Interdisciplinary Seminars in Politics and Philosophy: Collective Decisions under Normative Uncertainty

Lehrende: Prof. Dr. Peter Niesen; Prof. Dr. Moritz Schulz

Veranstaltungsart: Seminar

Anzeige im Stundenplan: 22-4.sem3

Semesterwochenstunden: 2

Unterrichtssprache: Englisch

Min. | Max. Teilnehmerzahl: - | 18

Kommentare/ Inhalte:
This seminar deals with (collective as well as individual) decision making under normative uncertainty from the perspective of philosophy and political theory. What should one do if one does not know what is ethically right? As an important application, we focus on animal ethics and animal politics (how should we treat animals if we are individually uncertain or collectively disagree on their moral status?). In the seminar, we look at groundwork on human-animal relations, decisions under normative uncertainty and issues of how to deal with normative uncertainty in a democratic society. 

Literatur:

• Bykvist, Krista: "Moral Uncertainty". Philosophy Compass  2017, 1–8.
  
• Donaldson, Sue and Will Kymlicka: Zoopolis. A Political Theory of Animal Rights. Oxford 2011
  

Zusätzliche Hinweise zu Prüfungen:
During the semester, students should be willing to contribute written questions, participate in an online discussion forum and be involved in a presentation. The exam will consist in a term paper of 15 pages (5000 words), to be handed in before Oct 1, 2019.