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May 15, 2024
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ARCHIVED 2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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SGBN 191 - Humanimal2.00 credit hours
In what sense - if any - are humans distinct from all other animals? That is, how can human beings be meaningfully distinguished from other animals, even given our willingness to compare ourselves to - and even identify ourselves with, in however limited a way - any number of other species in the animal kingdom? Could it be that everything we have long taken to be specifically “human” can be found, in one form or another, among other animals? If so, what sense would it make then to insist on a distinctive notion of humanity apart from the rest of the animal - or simply “natural” - world? What implications do these questions have for how we as humans care for ourselves and others, and how we design and inhabit our institutions together? These are the questions that will drive our inquiry, which will include classical and major contemporary works of biology, primatology, philosophy, psychology, well-being, literature and visual art.
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