Summer Academy Animal Law 2021 Conference Handbook 19/20 June 2021 Live Zoom event Summer Academy Animal Law 2021 We are thankful to taOtfefniwciuanld serp oisnt sdoerr Oofff itzhieelle sponSsuomr dmere sro mAmcaerdaekmadyemie 2021Animal Law 2021 The mission of Animal Interfaith Alliance is to create a united voice for animals from all the major faiths to bring about a world where they are treated with respect and compassion. AIA has the following objectives: 1.To provide a stronger voice for animals through the interfaith group than can be provided by many separate voices from individual faiths; 2.To create a co-ordinated approach across the faiths to educate people on the humane treatment of animals; 3.To create a strong and co-ordinated campaigning organisation; 4.To provide a forum to learn from and share the wisdoms of other cultures and traditions; 5.To disseminate that wisdom through literature, including a regular newsletter, books and orders of service, and through the internet, including a website and social media, which can also be used as a campaign tool; 6.To inspire others through interfaith conferences and services with a major event celebrating World Animal Day on 4th October; 7.To promote a vegetarian/vegan diet, which also embraces the issues of environmental protection, healthy lifestyles and ending world hunger, and to end animal exploitation. www.animal-interfaith-alliance.com Table of contents Foreword 6 Message of Greeting 8 Program 9 Time Zone Conversation Table 11 The Summer Academy 2021 13 Joining the Summer Academy via Zoom 14 Panel Discussion 15 The Summer Academy Team 16 Annex: Preparatory reading list 17 Foreword Humans kill billions of animals every year. While there is already a vibrant discussion about human animal relations in the humanities - one also speaks of an "animal turn" in the humanities - the legal profession still turns a blind eye on the human treatment of animals. In 2016, as an undergaduate student, I founded the Animal Law Academy in Berlin to counteract the "animal blindness" of the legal profession. By offering seminars, workshops and lecture series, the Animal Law Academy aims to promote animal law as a distinct field of study, to arouse interest among law students and budding lawyers for animal law, and to thereby generate momentum for improving the protection of animals through the legal system. However, the Animal Law Academy has another important aim. Like Richard Dawkins said, lectures do not exist to transmit knowledge. Knowledge one derives from books or nowadays also from the internet. Lectures exist to inspire! Animal activists frequently meet with incomprehension and even ridicule by the larger society. In addition, internal strifles and sectarianism inside the animal movement lead to an increased risk of burnout. It is therefore all the more important to regain inspiration on a regular basis! I am very glad that an outstanding line-up of highly inspiring speakers has agreed to teach at the Summer Academy Animal Law 2021. This year, participants have the rare chance to get taught by some of the founding fathers of the modern animal rights movement. The Summer Academy also provides the opportunity to network with fellow course participants from all over the globe. I am very thankful to the speakers who have all waived their speakers fees to make this extraordinary event possible. I am also thankful to the course participants without whom the Summer Academy would not be a Summer Academy. A project such as this only achieves its purpose if new joint projects arise from it. Therefore, I hope that the Summer Academy 2021 will not only be a high-class teaching event, but also a catalyst for new projects and initiatives by the course participants. For the animals, Julius Berrien Message of Greeting I welcome all participants to the Summer Academy Animal Law, and look forward to stimulating discussions of how we can best use the law to protect the rights of animals and reduce the suffering that we are currently inflicting on such vast numbers of them. Best wishes, Peter Singer, AC Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics University Center for Human Values Princeton University Program Saturday, 19 June 2021 8:45 Julius Berrien Introduction 9:00 Peter Singer (Ira W. DeCamp Professor for Bioethics at Princeton Universität): Ethics beyond the Species Boundary 10:00 Jonathan Birch (Associate Professor for Philosophy at LSE): The place of animals in Kantian ethics 11:00 Short break 11:15 Richard D. Ryder (President of the RSPCA): Speciesism, Painism and Legislation 12:15 Barbara Gardner (Animal Interfaith Alliance): The Golden Rule and Animals in the World's Major Faiths 13:15 Lunch break 14:15 Mark Rowlands (Professor for Philosophy at the University of Miami): Contractarianism and Duties to Animals Program Sunday, 20 June 2021 11:00 Antoine F. Goetschel (Global Animal Law GAL Association): Global Animal Protection 12:00 Raffael Fasel (Cambridge Centre for Animal Rights Law): Sentience-based constitutionalism 12:45 Short break 13:00 Panel discussion Protecting animals through law 14:30 Lunch break 15:15 David Favre (Professor for Property Law and Animal Law at Michigan State University): A Few Rights for a Few Animals 16:15 Steven Wise (Nonhuman Rights Project): Legal Rights for Nonhuman Animals All times correspond to CET (Central European Time) Time zone conversion tables The Summer Academy Animal Law 2021 is a truly global event. It spans four continents and a multitude of time zones. Please note that all times in the program correspond to CET (the time zone of Berlin, Germany). There are time zone converters on the internet that you can use to calculate your local time. The following is a schedule of the Summer Academy including time conversion tables. Despite our efforts to provide correct times, we cannot assume any warranty for the correctness of these informations. If in doubt, please double-check. The Summer Academy 2021 On two intense days, the Summer Academy Animal Law explores the philosophic underpinnings and the legal realization of animal rights. On the first day, participants will acquire a solid foundation in the central theories of animal rights. Peter Singer's utilitarian position on animals is of particular historic importance. Richard Ryder developed the moral theory of Painism which differs from utilitarianism in important aspects. Jonathan Birch will present his Kantian deontological theory of animal rights. Mark Rowlands developed a neo-Rawlsian account of animal rights rooted in contractualism. The second day will focus on how to leverage the law to protect animals. The two days are related content-wise and the entire program of the Summer Academy constitutes a harmonious whole. However, the individual blocks do not build on each other. Therefore, it is possible to participate in just some lectures and still not lose track. The lectures are suitable for beginners as well as seasoned academics. Most lectures consist of 30 minutes speech plus 15-30 minutes Q&A and live discussion. The talks are interspersed with five minute breakout sessions. Smalls groups comprising five participants each will be automatically re-directed to individual breakout rooms to discuss and reflect on the lessons learned. After the time has lapsed, participants will automatically be sent back to the main conference room. Some speakers provide preparatory reading lists. The links are to be found in the annex of the conference handbook. The conference language is English. Joining the Summer Academy via Zoom To join the Summer Academy on Zoom please click on this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84 200532744? pwd=L2F4aFkxa0wxZzdTQWdWeDlhUVd5Zz09 You can also join using the Me eting ID and Code: Meeting ID: 842 0053 2744 Code: Summer2021 Panel discussion: Protecting animals through law Sunday, 20th June, 1pm (Berlin time) The panel discussion on Sunday 1 pm Berlin time (please check time zone conversion tables) will be a special highlight of this year's Summer Academy. A group of leading minds from the fields of animal ethics and animal law will discuss how to best use the law to protect animals. We encourage active contributions from our participants. Please make use of this extraordinary opportunity to ask live questions and to discuss animal philosophy and animal law with the panelists and fellow participants. We look forward to a stimulating discussion. The panelists: Richard Ryder Peter Singer David Favre Jonathan Birch Mark Rowlands Raffael Fasel The Summer Academy Team Julius Berrien is the founder of the Animal Law Academy. He also moderates the sessions. Wera Uschakowa supports the Animal Law Academy as a camera operator. Martin Birr is the Zoom Operator. He also runs his own YouTube channel. Nico Siewert is member of the technical support team. Together with Martin he ensures a smooth running of the Zoom event. Attachment: Preparatory reading list Peter singer Peter Singer's recommendation is that participants read something that takes a different view from him, like the articles by Bernard Williams and Roger Scruton Bernard Williams: The Human Prejudice https://edisciplinas.usp.br/pluginfile.ph p/4851188/mod_resource/content/1/WI LLIAMS%2C%20Bernard.%20The%20Hu man%20Prejudice.pdf Roger Scruton: Animal Rights https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal- 02163073/document This early paper by Peter Singer summarizes his position on animals Peter Singer: All Animals Are Equal https://digitalcommons.brockport.edu/ phil_ex/vol5/iss1/6/ JOnathan The talk by Jonathan Birch is based on his research on Christine Korsgaard's Kantian Birch theory of animal rights Jonathan Birch: The place of animals in Kantian Ethics: Christine M. Korsgaard, Fellow creatures: our obligations to the other animals. http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/102437/1/Birch_p lace_of_animals_in_Kantian_ethics_pu blished.pdf His presentation can be downloaded here: Jonathan Birch: The place of animals in Kantian ethics https://personal.lse.ac.uk/birchj1/pdf/ck.