Τρίτη 11 Δεκεμβρίου 2012

Call for Papers: IV Meetings on Ethics and Political Philosophy, University of Minho (Braga), May 20-21 2013


After three successful meetings on previous years, we now welcome paper proposals for the fourth Meetings on Ethics and Political Philosophy, which will be held at University of Minho, Braga (Portugal), on May 20-21 2013.

We invite contributions in both moral philosophy and normative political theory. The Meetings provide an excellent opportunity to present both advanced and exploratory work in front of an open and welcoming audience. The call is open to graduate students, junior researchers and senior scholars.

This year, Professor Peter Vallentyne (Florence G. Kline Chair of Philosophy, University of Missouri, Columbia), will be our keynote speaker. He will offer a lecture on Animals and Equality and a lecture on Left-libertarianism.

If you are interested in presenting a paper on a topic of your choice, please send your contact and affiliation, an abstract (300 to 500 words) and 5 key words, by January 30th to Cátia Faria (catiaxfaria@gmail.com) and Maria Joāo Cabrita (majcabrita@gmail.com). Abstracts will be submitted to peer review.

Deadline for submissions: 30th January 2013

Deadline for notification of acceptance: 20 th February 2013.

Information about registration, accommodation and travelling will soon be available online.

This event is organized by the Political Theory Group of CEHUM, University of Minho (Braga).

Παρασκευή 16 Νοεμβρίου 2012

Κλιματική Δικαιοσύνη

Σύντομα θα κυκλοφορήσει από τις εκδόσεις Αντιγόνη η ελληνική μετάφραση του βιβλίου του Brian Tokar με τίτλο Κλιματική Δικαιοσύνη

http://www.amazon.com/Toward-Climate-Justice-Brian-Tokar/dp/8293064013/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1353100761&sr=1-1&keywords=brian+tokar

Ελληνική Φιλοσοφική Βιβλιογραφία (1980-2012)

Πέμπτη 13 Σεπτεμβρίου 2012

Symposium: Domesticity and Beyond: Living and Working with Animals


The department of philosophy at Queen’s University is hosting a symposium on animal ethics on September 29th and 30th, 2012. Please see http://domesticityandbeyond.ca/index.htm  for detailed information and registration.

Symposium Schedule

 September 29-30, 2012
Saturday, September 29th
*All talks and lunch held at the Donald Gordon Centre
8:30-9:00: Coffee and light breakfast
9:00-9:15: Introductory remarks
9:15-10:15: Session one (*each session consists in a 20-25 minute talk, a 5-10 minute commentary, and discussion)
Kristin Andrews: Why we need folk psychology in comparative psychology
10:15-10:30: Break
10:30-11:30: Session two
Jean Harvey: Relationships, Inclusion, and Obligations: Reflecting on Companion Animals
11:30-12:30: Session three
Wendy Adams: They have so much to teach us: Popular culture and the normative construction of animal-human relationships
12:30-1:30: Lunch
1:30-2:30: Session four
Sue Donaldson and Will Kymlicka: Citizen Canine: Domesticated Animals and Agency
2:30-3:30: Session five
Mick Smith: Denizens: Why natural and social histories matter
3:30-3:45: Break
3:45-4:45: Session six
Lori Gruen: Do we need to live with other animals?
4:45-5:15: Wrap up commentary/discussion
7:00: Dinner at Aquaterra (Located at 1 Johnson Street, in the Radisson Hotel)
Sunday, September 30th
*All sessions will take place at the Donald Gordon Centre
8:30-9:00: Coffee and light breakfast
9:00-9:30: Panel on “Bridging Academia and Advocacy” to introduce parallel workshops, with Lauren Corman, Mark Holland, and Laura Janara
9:30-11:30: Three parallel workshops (with a fifteen minute break at 10:30)
Workshop 1: The Working Voice: Human-Animal Relations, Agency, and Resistance Under Capitalism, led by Lauren Corman
Workshop 2: TBA, led by Mark Holland
Workshop 3: Nonhuman Animals, Humans and Practice at the University: A Report from UBC, led by Laura Janara
11:30-12:00: Student workshop reports, general discussion, and next steps




http://domesticityandbeyond.ca/index.htm

Δευτέρα 10 Σεπτεμβρίου 2012

Εκδήλωση με θέμα: Βιβλία για την σχέση μας με τα ζώα

 Εκδήλωση με θέμα: Βιβλία για την σχέση μας με τα ζώα στην Θεσσαλονίκη

19.30
Κυνηγοί, βοσκοί και χάμπουργκερς
του Richard W. Bulliet
παρουσιάζει ο μεταφραστής του βιβλίου Νίκος Κούρκουλος

Ζώα και Ηθική, συλλογικό
παρουσιάζει ο επιμελητής του βιβλίου Σταύρος Καραγεωργάκης

θα ακολουθήσει συζήτηση

20.30
προβολή του ντοκυμαντέρ του Γιάννη Μισουρίδη με τίτλο
Κρέας, ο πόλεμος των πηρουνιών
http://greenwavefestival.com/

Δευτέρα 23 Ιουλίου 2012

νεο βιβλίο για πολιτική οικολογία- new book

κατεβάστε δωρεάν το βιβλίο

Political Ecology and Federalism. Theories, Studies, Institutions, Edited by: Giorgio Grimaldi

 

Free download

http://www.csfederalismo.it/attachments/2412_Download_PDF_Grimaldi.pdf

Κυριακή 1 Ιουλίου 2012

Νέο τεύχος απο το περιοδικό Animals

Διαβαστε το δωρεάν
animals-logo

http://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/2/2?utm_source=issue_link&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=releaseIssue_animals

Πέμπτη 14 Ιουνίου 2012

κυκλοφόρησε το βιβλίο Ζώα και Ηθική

Ζώα και Ηθική

συλλογή με κείμενα των Peter Singer, Tom Regan, Lori Gruen και Josephine Donovan
επιμέλεια: Σταύρος Καραγεωργάκης

Περιεχόμενα:
1. Σταύρος Καραγεωργάκης: Εισαγωγή
2. Lori Gruen, "Ζώα"
3. Peter Singer, "Το κίνημα της απελευθέρωσης των ζώων"
4. Tom Regan, "Η υπόθεση των δικαιωμάτων των ζώων"
5. Josephine Donovan, "Προσήλωση στον πόνο: Η συμπάθεια ως βάση για την ηθική μεταχείριση των ζώων"

Πέμπτη 17 Μαΐου 2012

κυκλοφορεί σύντομα

Ζώα και Ηθική

συλλογή με κείμενα των Peter Singer, Tom Regan, Lori Gruen και Josephine Donovan
επιμέλεια: Σταύρος Καραγεωργάκης

κυκλοφορεί σύντομα από τις εκδόσεις Αντιγόνη

Πέμπτη 26 Απριλίου 2012

Νέο βιβλίο για την ηθική για τα ζώα-New book: Animal Ethics. Past and Present Perspectives

Animal Ethics. Past and Present Perspectives


 

Evangelos D. Protopapadakis (Ed.)
ISBN 978-3-8325-2999-4
298 Seiten, Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
Preis: 29.00 Eur

Stichworte/keywords: animal rights, animal liberation, animal wellfare, animal treatment, veganism
Philosophy, as Aristotle said, originates in wonder. And nonhuman animals have long been a source of wonder to humans, especially in regard to the treatment they deserve. The upshot is that Western philosophy has been concerned with the way in which we ought to treat nonhuman animals since its origins with the pre-Socratic philosophers.
Animal ethics is a highly challenging field, as well as one of the liveliest areas of debate in ethics in recent years. Not only has this area issued in a range of attention-grabbing controversies but it has also led to the exploration of novel and imaginative approaches to worn-out issues.
This book is roughly evenly divided between the presentation and discussion of a range of influential past approaches to animal ethics and an equally significant range of contemporary approaches. We need to understand the legacy of the past and the resources that it offers us while also forging new views that are appropriate to our increasingly developed understanding of the nature of nonhuman animals.
Evangelos D. Protopapadakis is Lecturer in Applied Ethics at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.
Contents
Mark J. Rowlands, Virtue Ethics and Animals
Stephen R. L. Clark, The Ethics of Taxonomy: A Neo-Aristotelian Synthesis
Myrto Dragona-Monachou, Is There Room for Moral Consideration of Animals in Stoic Logocentricism?
Georgios Steiris, Isidore's of Seville and Al-Farabi on Animals: Ontology and Ethics
George Arabatzis, Animal Rights in Byzantine Thought
Panagiotis Pantazakos, Plethon's Views on Animals
Gary Steiner, Descartes, Christianity, and Contemporary Speciesism
Filimon Peonidis, Kant's not so Bad Speciesism
Gary Steiner, Animal Rights and the Default of Postmodernism
Peter Singer, All Animals Are Equal
Tom Regan, Empty Cages: Animal Rights and Vivisection
Warwick Fox, Forms of Harm and Our Obligations to Humans and Other Animals
Roger Scruton, Our Love for Animals
Steven Best, Total Liberation and Moral Progress: The Struggle for Human Evolution
Gary L. Francione, The Problems of Animal Welfare and the Importance of Vegan Education
Xavier Labbée, The Legal Status of Animals in French Law: A Paradigm Case
Evangelos D. Protopapadakis, Animal Rights, or Just Human Wrongs?

http://www.logos-verlag.de/cgi-bin/engbuchmid?isbn=2999&lng=deu&id

Τετάρτη 25 Απριλίου 2012

Συλλογή περιβαλλοντικής ηθικής

Κυκλοφορεί δωρεάν νέα συλλογή περιβαλλοντικής ηθικής

κατεβάστε το
http://www.protopapadakis.gr/Environmental%20Ethics,%20Challenges%20and%20Prospects%20for%20the%2021st%20century.pdf

Τρίτη 3 Απριλίου 2012

Animal Welfare: Ethical and Behavioural Questions

Conference at Aarhus University, Denmark
May 14th to 16th 2012


The conference aims to provide a forum for interdisciplinary discourse and information sharing between animal care staff, philosophers, animal scientists, students, and others interested in animal welfare studies.

The conference topics will be thematically wide-ranging and include a variety of species as well as several aspects of human-animal interactions such as zoos, laboratories, agriculture, wild animals and pets.


Speakers:

    Professor Bernard Rollin – Colorado State University, USA
    Professor Donald M. Broom – University of Cambridge, UK
    DVM Aage Kristian Olsen Alstrup PhD – Aarhus University, Denmark
    Dr Mickey Gjerris – University of Copenhagen, Denmark
    Dr Lene Munksgaard – Aarhus University, Denmark
    Dr Jes Harfeld – Aarhus University, Denmark
    Dr Judith Benz-Schwarzburg – The University of Tübingen, Germany
    Sabrina Brando – AnimalConcepts, The Netherlands



Conference organisers:

The conference is a collaboration between the Dutch animal welfare advisory company AnimalConcepts and the Centre for Bioethics and Nanoethics at Aarhus University, Denmark. The conference is also a partner event of Minding Animals.


http://conferences.au.dk/animalwelfare/

Δευτέρα 26 Μαρτίου 2012

Eating Tomorrow - rethinking the world food system

1 July - 20 July 2012. Location: ETH Zurich, Switzerland.

Ideas into Action

With the summer school 2012, the ETH Zurich wants to introduce innovative and sustainable approaches to secure our global food supply and find new ways of confronting the mayor challenges associated with food security. For three weeks, the ETH Zurich will create an environment in which interdisciplinary and international teams can work together with industry partners to create solutions for concrete case studies.
Important learning goals are to:
  • understand the global food system, the inter-linkages, complexities, key players and key challenge
  • comprehend the social, political and economic aspects of the food system and the major challenges associated
  • work out the major environmental drivers behind the global food challenges
  • know the social and environmental challenges of food security and potential solutions to ensure it
  • to understand the social and environmental impacts of our current global food system
  • learn working in interdisciplinary and intercultural teams
  • apply creative technologies in solution finding processes
  • get hand‘s on experience by applying knowledge in real life case studies

A global Challenge

Food is one of the most basic human needs, but famine is still not a thing of the past. Having said that, we‘re also at a point were more than 1.1 billion people worldwide are overweight. Although quite different in their appearance, they are just the two sides of the same coin, a world food system out of balance. Rising food prices and subsequent riots, environmental pollution and degradation as well as climate change are other consequences. And causes at the same time.

Besides from understanding this complex and intertwined system, the greatest challenges are to make food production sustainable while controlling greenhouse gas emission, conserving dwindling water supplies and decreasing biodiversity. This will require a revolution in the social and natural sciences concerned with food production, as well as a breaking down of barriers between fields. The goal is no longer simply to maximize productivity, but to optimize across a far more complex landscape of production, environmental, and social justice outcomes.

Who Should Apply?

The ETH Sustainability Summer School 2012 will invite 30 Bachelor, Master and PhD students from a wide spread of nationalities and disciplines. The course aims to ensure a well-balanced mixture between science, technology and design. Candidates will be selected from all relevant disciplines (e.g. Agriculture, Food Science, Environmental and Engineering, Architecture, Fine Arts, Management and Social Sciences). Applicants will be evaluated on their academic strength, creativity and technical-related expertise, and their dedication to solving humanity’s grand challenges.

Outline

The participants of the summer school will be composed of 15 students from the ETH Zurich and 15 students from other academic institutions, in addition to faculty members and industry partners coming from various fields of expertise. During the first week, students will receive an introduction to all topics relevant to the world food system and its related fields. This will occur through a series of lectures and workshops conducted by both local and international experts as well as inputs speeches by and discussions with sustainability pioneers. In weeks 2 and 3, students will be split into the three thematic groups to carry out a guided case study from an industry partner, and to gain further input through lectures, workshops and excursions in one of the three topics:
  • Urban Farming
  • Smallholder Livelihood in Developing Countries
  • Food Waste

A Strong Team

Successful projects are the result of dedicated individuals and teams. The ETH Sustainability Summer School Programme will be organised by ETH Sustainability, the central hub for coordinating sustainability activities at ETH Zurich, and the World Food Systems Competence Centre in collaboration with the Department of Environmental Systems Science, the Department Health Sciences and Technology, the Department of Architecture, Eawag, NADEL, the Club of Rome, Exploration Architecture, Federal Office for Agriculture, FiBL, Halba and Helvetas. Input and support for the formulation of individual case studies is provided by selected firms and institutes that occupy a leading role in the field of sustainable development namely the FAO, Syngenta and the Urban Farmers.

Application

The ETH Sustainability Summer School Programme is designed for 30 students from a wide range of backgrounds and fields of study. Applicants must send a one-page CV and one-page letter of motivation stating their interest in one of the aforementioned topics of Urban Farming, Smallholder Livelihood in Developing Countries, or Food Waste (admission will be for one of these three thematic case study tracks and cannot be altered once accepted).
Deadline for application: April 22, 2012
Notification of admission: April 30, 2012
Please send your complete application to mailto:%20catherine.lippuner@sl.ethz.ch
(Please resend your application if you did not receive an acknowledgement of receipt within two days).

Costs
The course fee for the three weeks is CHF500, including accommodation and board during the first week. All students are responsible to find accommodation for weeks 2 and 3 (the organisers can assist in finding suitable accommodation). Students are responsible for organising their own domestic or international travel to Zurich, Switzerland.

Animal Use in Research and the New EU Directive

Challenges and Opportunities for Animal Welfare,
Science, Ethics and Society
14th - 15th June 2012
Northumbria University, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne


This conference will address the ethical, legal and scientific issues raised by the new EU Directive (2010/63/EU) on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes. This new legislation, which must be implemented in the UK by 2013, has the potential to shape attitudes towards and the use of animals in research. The conference represents an important forum within which the issues raised by the Directive can be interrogated and debated.
The key objectives of the Conference are to:
  1. Examine the ways in which the legislation is likely to impact mechanisms to support and further impel activities regarding the use of Alternatives (reduction, refine and replacement of animals) in biomedical research and teaching;
  2. Promote dialogue between lawyers, ethicists, biomedical scientists, social scientists and veterinarians regarding the ethical use of animals, and the extent to which welfare can be further improved;
  3. Provide a platform for future collaborative and interdisciplinary research in these areas;
  4. Facilitate opportunities for cross-disciplinary teaching and training.
More broadly, this event will provide an important space within which to engage with broader issues pertaining to the use of animals in science and medicine.
In addition, we are holding a pre-conference public event on the evening of 13 June, entitled ‘Animal Use in Research: Ethics and Public Opinion’ (led by Dr James Yeates (RSPCA)). The aim of this is to promote greater awareness of the complexity of the ethical issues surrounding the use of animals in research, and to encourage public engagement with and involvement in these matters.  All conference attendees are invited to this event, which will provide opportunities for dialogue between academics and wider publics.
http://www.numyspace.co.uk/~unn_mlif1/school_of_law/animal_law/

Κυριακή 25 Μαρτίου 2012

Η New York Times υπέρ της κρεοφαγίας

Η New York Times κάνει διαγωνισμό για τη συγγραφή σύντομου δοκιμίου υπεράσπισης της κρεοφαγικής διατροφής!

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/25/magazine/tell-us-why-its-ethical-to-eat-meat-a-contest.html?_r=3&hp

νεο τευχος του περιοδικου Animals-new issue

Animals, Volume 2, Issue 1 (March 2012), Pages Pages 1-107

http://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/2/1/?utm_source=issue_link&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=releaseIssue_animals


Table of Contents:

Sébastien Fournel, Frédéric Pelletier, Stéphane Godbout, Robert Lagacé and John Feddes
Article: Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Three Cage Layer Housing Systems
Animals 2012, 2(1), 1-15; doi:10.3390/ani2010001
http://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/2/1/1/?utm_source=article_link&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=releaseIssue_animals

Rodrigo O. A. Ozório, Leandro Portz, Ricardo Borghesi and José E. P. Cyrino
Article: Effects of Dietary Yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisia) Supplementation in Practical Diets of Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)
Animals 2012, 2(1), 16-24; doi:10.3390/ani2010016
http://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/2/1/16/?utm_source=article_link&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=releaseIssue_animals

Susanne Prankel
Book Review: The Costs and Benefits of Animal Experiments: An Evaluation with Bias. By Andrew Knight. Palgrave Macmillan: Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK, 2011; Hardcover, 272 pp; ISBN 978-0-230-57686-5; Paperback, ISBN: 978-0-230-57687-2
Animals 2012, 2(1), 25-26; doi:10.3390/ani2010025
http://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/2/1/25/?utm_source=article_link&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=releaseIssue_animals

Mariko Lauber, Judy A. Nash, Allan Gatt and Paul H. Hemsworth
Article: Prevalence and Incidence of Abnormal Behaviours in Individually Housed Sheep
Animals 2012, 2(1), 27-37; doi:10.3390/ani2010027
http://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/2/1/27/?utm_source=article_link&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=releaseIssue_animals

Hiromi Takahashi-Omoe and Katsuhiko Omoe
Review: Social Environment and Control Status of Companion Animal-Borne Zoonoses in Japan
Animals 2012, 2(1), 38-54; doi:10.3390/ani2010038
http://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/2/1/38/?utm_source=article_link&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=releaseIssue_animals

Pier Giorgio Peiretti
Article: Effects of Dietary Fatty Acids on Lipid Traits in the Muscle and Perirenal Fat of Growing Rabbits Fed Mixed Diets
Animals 2012, 2(1), 55-67; doi:10.3390/ani2010055
http://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/2/1/55/?utm_source=article_link&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=releaseIssue_animals

Lawrence A. Hansen, Justin R. Goodman and Alka Chandna
Article: Analysis of Animal Research Ethics Committee Membership at American Institutions
Animals 2012, 2(1), 68-75; doi:10.3390/ani2010068
http://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/2/1/68/?utm_source=article_link&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=releaseIssue_animals

Sam Millet
Article: The Interaction Between Dietary Valine and Tryptophan Content and Their Effect on the Performance of Piglets
Animals 2012, 2(1), 76-84; doi:10.3390/ani2010076
http://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/2/1/76/?utm_source=article_link&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=releaseIssue_animals

Andrew Knight
Communication: Bias During the Evaluation of Animal Studies?
Animals 2012, 2(1), 85-92; doi:10.3390/ani2010085
http://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/2/1/85/?utm_source=article_link&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=releaseIssue_animals

Naomi J. Fox, Glenn Marion, Ross S. Davidson, Piran C. L. White and Michael R. Hutchings
Review: Livestock Helminths in a Changing Climate: Approaches and Restrictions to Meaningful Predictions
Animals 2012, 2(1), 93-107; doi:10.3390/ani2010093
http://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/2/1/93/?utm_source=article_link&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=releaseIssue_animals



http://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/2/1/?utm_source=issue_link&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=releaseIssue_animals

Κυριακή 4 Μαρτίου 2012

CALL FOR PROPOSALS – Host ISEE’s 10th Annual Meeting

International Society for Environmental Ethics LogoThe ISEE is seeking proposals for hosting the Tenth Annual Meeting on Environmental Philosophy to be held in summer 2013.
In its first seven years (up through 2010) this conference was held in Allenspark, Colorado. Following discussions at our annual business meeting and in consultation via the ISEE listserv, it was decided that the conference should be held in Allenspark and another location in alternate years. In 2011, a very successful conference was held in Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
We seek proposals from individuals/institutions interested in hosting the conference in 2013. Proposals should include the following information:
  • Host name and proposed dates of conference
  • Location and venue
  • Accommodations, meals and, where relevant, transportation arrangements
  • Short ‘case for support’ for the proposal, including ideas for themes/sessions/keynote speaker, etc.
Questions, suggestions, or proposals? Please contact:
Philip Cafaro, philip.cafaro@colostate.edu, (970) 482 -8279, Eddy Hall, Philosophy Department, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523
Deadline for proposals: May 30th, 2012

PRIZE – Holmes Rolston, III – 2nd Annual Early Career Essay Prize

The International Society for Environmental Ethics (ISEE) and the Center for Environmental Philosophy invite submissions for its annual essay prize for scholars in the early stages of their career. The prize is named in honour of Professor Holmes Rolston III, for his pioneering work in the field of environmental philosophy.
THE PRIZE
Papers are invited on all aspects of environmental philosophy or environmental affairs (with a strong theoretical component). A prize of $500 will be awarded to the winning essay.
All submitted papers that qualify (see conditions) will be reviewed by an Essay Prize Committee in consultation with the Editorial Board of Environmental Ethics. The winning essay will be published in the journal, Environmental Ethics.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES AND CONDITIONS
-Closing date for submissions: *June 1st, 2012*
-Eligibility: Submissions are invited from scholars who already hold a PhD and have earned their doctorate no more than five years prior to the submission deadline. Submissions must be accompanied by a one-page CV to provide evidence of early career status.
-Word limit: 60,000 characters (including spaces), including notes and references. An abstract of 100-150 words should also be included.
-Style: consult the Chicago Manual of Style or any recent issue of Environmental Ethics.
-Essays must be prepared for blind review (cover page with contact information and email on a separate page).
-Submissions should be emailed to: Emily.Brady@ed.ac.uk. Please put ‘Essay Prize’ in the subject line of the email submission.
-The essay should not be under consideration for publication elsewhere, and should not be submitted to any other journal until the outcome of the competition is announced.
-The decision of the committee will be final. There is only one prize per year and the committee reserves the right not to award the prize if submissions are not of an appropriate standard.
Dr. Emily Brady
President, International Society for Environmental Ethics
University of Edinburgh, Emily.Brady@ed.ac.uk
Dr. Eugene C. Hargrove
Center for Environmental Philosophy
University of North Texas, cep@unt.edu