本課程目標如下：
1. 以科學的方式探討動物在人類管理下所受到之不必要之痛苦，然後以科學技術將這些痛 苦降至最低。然後將這些技術列入法律，強制要求人類實施，以實現人類之道德義務。
2. 以動物之感知能力為尊重動物道德利益之基礎，主張人類對不同感知能力之動物，應給予不同尊重之程度。在倫理學上以義務論與結果論為主要之研究方法，其主要價值原則是：即使是好的結果，若使用惡的手段，也不予接受。

The objectives of this course are as follows:
1. Explore in a scientific way the unnecessary suffering that animals suffer under human management, and then use science and technology to minimize this suffering. These technologies are then included in the law, forcing humans to implement them in order to realize human moral obligations.
2. Taking the sensory abilities of animals as the basis for respecting the moral interests of animals, it is advocated that humans should give different degrees of respect to animals with different sensory abilities. In ethics, deontology and consequentialism are the main research methods, and their main value principle is: even good results will not be accepted if evil means are used.

倫理學的證成(justification)、義務論(deotology)、目的論(teleology)的定義、天性道德(instinctive morality)與習俗道德(traditional morality)之意義。道德之絕對主義(absolutism)與相對主義(relativism)。
1. Moral justification: http://www.ethicsweb.ca/guide/moral-decision.html
2. Deontology: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deontological_ethics
3. Teleology: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teleology
4. Instinctive morality: http://www.reasoned.org/rs_text8.htm
5. Moral absolutism: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_absolutism
Moral relativism: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_relativism

動物權論(三之一)：湯姆雷根(Tom Regan)的自然權論(natural rights)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Regan

動物權論(三之二)：彼得辛格(Peter Singer)的效益主義論(utilitarianism)---平等思考(equal consideration)論http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_liberation_movement

動物權論(三之三)：Gary Francione終止「動物是人類擁有的財產」的終止主義(abolitionalism)論http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Francione

應用倫理評鑑講義
動物福利之生理學指標：採用世界動物保護協會(WorldSociety for the Protection of Animals, WSPA)資助英國Bristol大學撰寫之動物福利觀念(Concepts in Animal Welfare, CAW)教學模組http://www.animalwelfare.tw/?cat=21

The definitions of ethics’ justification, deontology, teleology, and the meaning of intrinsic morality and traditional morality. Moral absolutism and relativism.
1. Moral justification: http://www.ethicsweb.ca/guide/moral-decision.html
2. Deontology: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deontological_ethics
3. Teleology: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teleology
4. Instinctive morality: http://www.reasoned.org/rs_text8.htm
5. Moral absolutism: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_absolutism
Moral relativism: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_relativism

Theory of Animal Rights (Part 1 of 3): Tom Regan’s Theory of Natural Rights http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Regan

Animal Rights Theory (Two of Three): Peter Singer's utilitarianism---equal consideration theory http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_liberation_movement

Animal rights theory (Part 3): Gary Francione ends the abolitionalism theory that "animals are property owned by humans" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Francione

Applied Ethics Assessment Handouts
Physiological indicators of animal welfare: Using the Concepts in Animal Welfare (CAW) teaching module written by the University of Bristol in the UK funded by the World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) http://www.animalwelfare.tw/?cat=21