„Edukacja Etyczna” Numer 15/2018

Tomasz Turowski – urodzony w Poznaniou, ukończył filozofię na UAM.

ORCID 0000–0002–0828–033X

The moral status of animals and the anthropological criterion. Reflections around the welfarist proposal of Witold’s Koehler

In the paper, I try to determine the moral status of animals using the so-called anthropological criterion.

Key words: animal rights, welfare, moralty, antrophology, ethics, moral status

Tomasz Turowski – born in Poznan, he gratuated from the University in Poznan.

ORCID: 0000–0002–0828–033X

Małgorzata Roeske – antropolog kultury, doktorantka w Instytucie Etnologii i Antropologii Kulturowej UJ. Przygotowuje rozprawę na temat społecznej recepcji umierania zwierząt towarzyszących. Publikowała m.in. w „Kulturze Współczesnej”, „Kulturze Popularnej”, „Zoophilologica” oraz „Zbiorze Wiadomości do Antropologii Muzealnej”. Autorka książki pt. „Piwnica bliżej śmierci, strych bliżej nieba”. Etnografia ukrytych przestrzeni domu.

ORCID 0000–0003–0986–0835

„Good Death” paradoxes. Ethical and social aspects of companion animals euthanasia

The article focuses on the problem of the ethical, legal and social aspects of euthanasia of companion animals. It considers the paradoxes that underlie both the discourse and practice and concerns, among other things, fact that euthanasia of animals is legally acceptable while the owner is the one who makes the decision for an animal. Based on the observation of pet owners forums, it analyzes the strategies associated with the emotional consequences of the decision on euthanasia, putting the question of the ability to precisely determine the optimal moment of the end of life of the animal.

Keywords: companion animal euthanasia, animal ethics, animal studies, death studies, virtual community

Małgorzata Roeske – cultural anthropologist, PhD student.

ORCID 0000–0003–0986–0835

Zdzisław Piątek – profesor zwyczajny w Instytucie Filozofii UJ.

ORCID 0000–0001–9831–6115

Does including the animals into the moral universum mean a breakthrough in the development of ethics?

Key words: moral universum, inherent value, instrumental value, animal rights, biosphere, anthroposphere

Zdzisław Piątek – Professor emerita in the Department of Philosophy, Jagiellonian University.

ORCID 0000–0001–9831–6115

Barbara Grabowska – pracuje jako adinkt w Zakładzie Filozofii Polityki w Instytucie Filozofii UMK; zainteresowania: liberalizm, feminizm, filozoficzna refleksja na temat zwierząt.

ORCID 0000–0002–1184–2380

„A man is a mammal, not the animal” – the acceptance of our animality and the moral status of animals

That fact the man belongs to the animal kingdom as one of many other species still evokes controversies.

Key words: animals, animals’ right, animality

Barbara Grabowska – a Lecturer at the Department of Philosophy in Nicolas Copernicus University in Toruń. Interests: political philosophy (liberalism), feminism, animal rights.

ORCID 0000–0002–1184–2380

Kinga Ragan – studentka trzeciego roku na kierunku Etyka – mediacje i negocjacje, zainteresowana prawami zwierząt, ochroną środowiska, rozwojem osobistym oraz sztuką wystąpień publicznych.

ORCID 0000–0001–5285–4049

Situation of small pets in families with kids

The article is about the neccesary, minimal living conditions of popular, small animals which should be ensured.

Keywords: animals, rabbits, guinea pigs, hamsters, rats, chinchillas, family, child

Kinga Ragan – third-year student majoring in Ethics – mediations and negotiations, interested in animals right, environment protection, self-development and the art of public speaking

ORCID 0000–0001–5285–4049

Suffering of animals in Isaac Bashevis Singer and Czesław Miłosz theodicy

There is an amazing similarity between the biographies and worldviews of Singer and Miłosz. They were born in the early 20th century in the Russian partition, emigrated to America and became laureates of the literary Nobel Prize (although they remained loyal to their native “parties” and languages). And at the same time, Plato’s supporters (convinced that nature is not everything), tendencies to emanationism and panentheism, with a strong blend of ecstasy with beauty and horror of the cruelty of nature. What both leads to the main question of the theodicy “unde malum?”. In other words: how to reconcile faith in the God-creator with the enormity of evil in the world. Both of them accented – thinking about evil – animal suffering and the cruel mechanism of evolution. This leads Miłosz to the concept of a suffering God (“The Universe for Him as the Crucifixion”). Singer, in turn, proclaimed the “religion of protest”, of which vegetarianism was an essential ingredient.

Keywords: Isaac Bashevis Singer, Czesław Miłosz, theodicy, animal suffering, nature, apocatastasis, protest religion

Hanna Mamzer – profesor UAM, doktor habilitowany w Zakładzie Socjologii Kultury i Cywilizacji Współczesnej.

ORCID 0000–0002–2251–7639

Organ transplantation in animals. Ethical dilemmas

This text discusses ethical dilemmas arising around animal organ transplantation procedures. Major ethical dilemmas are identified based on two sources: 1) some scientific sources documenting renal transplantations in cats and dogs, 2) recent information on successful renal transplantation in dog- procedure conducted in Poland, 3) public discussion presented in media around this recent Polish transplantation case. There is a quite significant number of ethical questions around organ transplantation in animals, and they are worth to be considered prior actual procedures being conducted and legally framed. Such discussion will prevent legal misinterpretations but also it will ensure highest ethical standards in performed procedures. This is extremely important for both animal welfare and maintaining status of veterinary doctors as profession of public trust.

Keywords: Isaac Bashevis Singer, Czesław Miłosz, theodicy, animal suffering, nature, apocatastasis, religion of protest

Hanna Mamzer – Professor at the University of Adam Mickiewicz in Poznań.

ORCID 0000–0002–2251–7639

Katarzyna Walczy – studentka pierwszego roku socjologii SUM Instytutu Filozofii i Socjologii Uniwersytetu Pedagogicznego w Krakowie. Pracuje z osobami z niepełnosprawnością umysłową na stanowisku terapeuty zajęciowego. Jej obszar zainteresowań związany jest z prawami zwierząt i ochroną środowiska.

ORCID 0000–0003–2038–6695

The criticism of hunting in XXI century Poland from the perspective of Albert Schweitzer’s ethics

The article is one of the many voices on the topic of changing the people’s approach to hunting in the modern word.

Keywords: Schweitzer

Katarzyna Walczy – 1st-year master’s student at the Institute of Philosophy and sociology at the Pedagogical University of Cracow. Works with mentally disabled people as an occupational therapist. Her area of interests concerns the subjects of animal rights and environmental protection.

ORCID 0000–0003–2038–6695