Tierethik

Petting dogs, but eating pigs? asks the Albert Schweitzer Foundation in a current information campaign on factory farming, questioning the common distinction between pets and farm animals. While dog Attila, despite suffering from tumors, must not die under any circumstances, cow 81 should be sold in the supermarket for as little as possible. The thematic issue "Ethics in Focus - Animal Ethics" addresses the current topic of animal killing from various perspectives. Selected dilemma stories related to veterinary practices, agriculture, zoos, or laboratories serve as starting points for lesson units, during which students are guided beyond a purely emotional-intuitive approach to a reflective engagement with the various aspects of animal ethics. Central question: How can the individual cases of animal killing be understood?.