Pick one of these questions from our Learning Goals
-Is the difference between human and nonhuman animals a difference in kind or degree?
-Do nonhuman animals think? Are they “rational”?
-How should we understand our ethical and metaphysical relationship to nonhuman animals?
Show how this question might be answered in two different ways, using some examples from philosophy and from literature (our assigned readings). After presenting the case for both answers, which one are you more inclined to agree with, and why?
3 pages MLA style.
On your Works Cited page, here’s how to cite a handout:
“How Coyote Got His Cunning.” Class handout.
Or, if there’s an author:
Aesop, “The Fox and the Goat.” Class handout.
When you cite an article from an online source, it should look like this if you know the author:
Campbell, Gordon. “Empedocles. Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
https://iep.utm.edu/empedocl/.
If you don’t know the author, start with the article’s title.
And be sure to put your Works Cited items in alphabetical order, indenting the second and other lines of each item on your list.
For more information on MLA style, a good source is the Purdue University OWL:
https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/mla_style/mla_formatting_and_style_guide/mla_formatting_and_style_guide.html
