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COMPAS: Food as Animals

Each year, CEHV selects a challenging theme for its “Conversations on Morality, Politics, and Society” (COMPAS) program, inviting speakers from a variety of disciplines and perspectives to help faculty, students, and other community members think constructively about next steps for our society. Complex ethical challenges need input from different areas of expertise, and COMPAS brings these voices together for wide-ranging, problem-solving discussions.
Date
October 10, 2025
Time
11:15 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.
Location
Thompson Library, Room 165
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This COMPAS Panel, Food as Animals, explores the moral and political dimensions of raising and killing animals for consumption. We will examine the social and political dimensions of arguments for and against this practice, including by examining the gender and racial aspects of the cultural conversation around meat eating and veganism, and by better understanding the economic and environmental systems that exist to support it.

Speakers

Nancy Williams
Wofford College, Philosophy
Aaron Yarmel
Ohio State, Center for Ethics and Human Values
Douglas Jackson-Smith
Ohio State, School of Environment and Natural Resources

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COMPAS: Food as Animals
Each year, CEHV selects a challenging theme for its “Conversations on Morality, Politics, and Society” (COMPAS) program, inviting speakers from a variety of disciplines and perspectives to help faculty, students, and other community members think constructively about next steps for our society. Complex ethical challenges need input from different areas of expertise, and COMPAS brings these voices together for wide-ranging, problem-solving discussions.
Time 11:15 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.
Location Thompson Library, Room 165