Erasing the Past The author, Zeb Tortorici, an assistant professor of Spanish and Portuguese language and literature at New York University, traces the history, or lack thereof in New Spain throughout the 1500s to 1800s. This work, published by the Duke Press at Duke University, comments on the prosecution of heinous sexual acts of… Read more Erasing the Past
Written by: Achu Balasubramanian, Saniya Syeda, Mackenzie Warren, Claire Lungwitz “Chapter 5: Man’s Dominion.” Animal Liberation, by Peter Singer, HarperCollins, 1975. The author of Animal Liberation, Peter Singer, is an Australian moral philosopher. Having worked in institutions like Oxford and Princeton, Singer is a highly reputed philosopher in applied ethics and uses his knowledge to… Read more The Effects of Speciesism on Western Culture Through the Rise of Christianity
Group Report 1: Brittany Jette, Giahuy Lenguyen, Kaustubh Pandit, Rachael Zmich Anker, Peder. “A Vindication of the Rights of Brutes.” Philosophy & Geography, vol. 7, no. 2, 2004, pp. 259–264., doi:10.1080/1090377042000285462. The title of the piece that was read is “A Vindication of the Rights of Brutes” by Peder Anker. Professor Peder… Read more The Rights of Humans, Animals, and Vegetables: Joke or Global Issue?