New version of animal ethics dilemma allows students to make use of science, drama and images in ethics learning

A.J. Hanlon; A. Algers; T. Dich; T. Hansen; S.B. Christiansen; H. Loor; P. Sandøe

New version of animal ethics dilemma allows students to make use of science, drama and images in ethics learning

In: Global food security: ethical and legal challenges

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A.J. Hanlon

A.J. Hanlon ¹School of Agriculture, Food Science & Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin (UCD), Veterinary Sciences Centre, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
Alison.Hanlon@ucd.ie

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A. Algers

A. Algers ²Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Sweden

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T. Dich

T. Dich ³Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

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T. Hansen

T. Hansen ³Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

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S.B. Christiansen

S.B. Christiansen ³Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

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H. Loor

H. Loor ⁴imCode Partners AB, Visby, Gotland, Sweden

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P. Sandøe

P. Sandøe ³Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

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Pages:: 453–455

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.3920/9789086867103_074

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This paper presents and discusses a new feature in the use of the learning tool Animal Ethics Dilemma, which allows students to construct their own cases. The learning tool www.aedilemma.net aims to teach students to view animal issues from different perspectives of animal ethics by confronting them with ethical dilemmas where they have to choose between different options. They will be put into the role of a veterinarian or another animal science professional responsible for making choices, which typically involve potential harms to animals and potential benefits to humans. Through their choices the students will display and be confronted with utilitarian, animal rights or three other views on animal ethics. The tool also allows the students to reflect on their choices and the underlying ethical viewpoints. A new option in the use of the tool is to let the students construct their own cases. This option is made possible by a content management system. Thus teachers may set students the task to create their own case. This could serve as an exam task through which the students document their ability to understand and actively make use of different points of view in animal ethics and their ability to recognize and develop ethical dilemmas. This new feature gives students the opportunity to develop case studies on a topic relevant to their circumstances and from a pedagogic perspective may help to support deeper learning and understanding of animal ethics by requiring a kinesthetic or an active approach. It also gives the opportunity to work with animal ethics in a way, which involves competences in collecting relevant scientific information, and it enables students to be creative through the use of drama, images and graphical design. Thereby teaching of animal ethics may integrate scientific and philosophical disciplines and be focused on more than just abstract reasoning.

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Global food security: ethical and legal challenges

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