Agricultural Animal Bioethics Curriculum Module 4

Module Lectures and Supplementary Materials

• Module 4, Lecture 1: "Historical Perspectives on the Regulation of Animal Welfare"
• Module 4, Lecture 2: "Regulating Animal Welfare: Current Perspectives"
• Additional Resources for the Module 4 Lectures

Module 4, Lecture 1: "Historical Perspectives on the Regulation of Animal Welfare"

Presentation

• Module 4, Lecture 1 Presentation (PDF)

Readings

• Unti, Bernard and Andrew Rowan. 2001. "A Social History of Postwar Animal Protection." The State of the Animals 2001, Humane Society Institute for Science and Policy’s Animal Studies Repository.
• Croney, C.A. and S. T. Millman. 2007. "The ethical and behavioral bases for farm animal welfare legislation." Journal of Animal Science 85:556-565.
• McCulloch, Steven P. 2012. "A Critique of FAWC’s Five Freedoms as a Framework for the Analysis of Animal Welfare." Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics 26: 959-975.
• Sideris, Lisa, Charles McCarthy, and David H. Smith. 1999. "Roots of Concern with Nonhuman Animals in Biomedical Ethics." ILAR Journal 40(1): 3-14.

Cases

• "The ‘Egg Bill’ Case Study" is built into slides ##25-31 of the "Regulating Animal Welfare: Current Perspectives" lecture.
• The cases stored on our web site include:
  • "Perches for Laying Hens" (PDF)

Module 4, Lecture 2: "Regulating Animal Welfare: Current Perspectives"

Presentation

• Module 4, Lecture 2 Presentation (PDF)

Readings

• "Egg Products Inspection Act Amendments of 2012." January 23, 2012. 112th Congress of the United States.
• Blackman, Norm. 2005. "Corporate Social Responsibility & Animal Welfare." Australian Veterinary Journal 83(5): 250.
• Garriga, Elisabet and Domènec Melé. "Corporate Social Responsibility Theories: Mapping the Territory." in A.C. Michalos and D.C. Poff, eds., Citation Classics from the Journal of Business Ethics / Advances in Business Ethics Research 2, pp. 69-96.
• Morgan, Carissa J., Nicole Olynk Widmar, Elizabeth A. Yeager, W. Scott Downey, and Candace C. Croney. 2016. "Perceptions of Social Responsibility of Prominent Fast Food Restaurants." Modern Economy 7: 704 -714.
• Swanson, J.C. 2008. "Bioethics–Livestock and Poultry: The Ethics of Food Animal Production, Processing, and Marketing. The Ethical Aspects of Regulating Production." Poultry Science 87: 373-379.
• Thaxton, Yvonne Vizzier, Karen D. Christensen, Joy A. Mench, Elizabeth R. Rumley, Christine Daugherty, Bruce Feinberg, Molly Parker, Paul Siegel, and Colin G. Scanes. 2016. "Symposium: Animal welfare challenges for today and tomorrow." (PDF)Poultry Science 95:2198 -2207

Cases

• "The ‘Egg Bill’ Case Study" is built into slides ##25-31 of these PowerPoints.
• The cases stored on our web site include:
  • "Perches for Laying Hens" (PDF)

Additional Resources for the Module 4 Lectures

• The USDA’s Animal Welfare Information Center is mandated by the Animal Welfare Act to provide related information on research, testing and teaching.
• The following cases could be used to generate discussion of controversial legislation, with or without these two lectures:
  • "Perches for Laying Hens" (PDF)
  • "Two Views of Horse Slaughter" (PDF)
  • "Chronic Lameness Under a Horse Slaughter Ban" (PDF)