Animals, Science, and a Row with Darwin

Animals, Science, and a Row with Darwin

Discussing Alison Stone's book Frances Power Cobbe regarding the 19th C philosopher and feminist who developed a moral theory on the status and treatment of animals; founded anti-vivisection societies; and reconciled her Victorian Christian ideas with Darwin's theory of evolution. How is the is the relative status and value of animals to humans to be judged? What do emotions have to do with morality? What is the relationship between culture and norms?