Study of 'non-human animals'
called important to applied ethics

According to Paul Waldau , Clinical Assistant Professor at Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine, the study of applied ethics should always include the study of "non-human animals" and our relationship with them.  People are inherently ethical, he stated, but the study of animals can unlock hidden aspects of our understanding of ethics.  Dr. Waldau, who also teaches at Boston College and Harvard, spoke to First Year Seminar (FYS) students yesterday and spoke Tuesday evening on "Religion and Animals," a lecture co-sponsored by FYS and the Program in Applied Ethics.