Sunday, February 13, at 5pm:
"Love, Hate, or Eat: How Humans Relate to Animals" from Why? Philosophical Discussions About Everyday Life
This encore episode of Why? from April 2012 examines our relationship with animals. Why do some cultures eat dogs and others invite them into their bedrooms? Why do some people find spiders disgusting but others consider them a delicacy? Who enjoyed a better quality of life—the chicken on a dinner plate or the rooster who dies in a Saturday-night cockfight? What can we really learn from experiments on mice?
