Critical Infrastructure & Animal Rights
Discussion Questions: Define critical infrastructure and key resources and describe their relevance to homeland security efforts and related capabilities. Of the 16 critical infrastructure sectors, pick one of the six listed below and describe current areas of risk and associated vulnerabilities for the sector.
- Chemical Sector
- Energy Sector
- Food and Agriculture Sector
- Healthcare and Public Health Sector
- Transportation Services Sector
- Water and Wastewater Systems Sector
Critical Infrastructure & Animal Rights
Assuming the research by DeWaal is correct, most if not all social animals have innate dispositions to cooperate for survival and as such, develop moral codes for behavior. As such, should humans not work more to ensure animals have basic rights even if they cannot ask for them? What rights should those be and is there some sort of hierarchy (should dogs have more rights than mice).
It has been such a pleasure getting to know all of you over the past several weeks. Please respond to this final, ungraded discussion with your thoughts regarding the course (organizational behavior). Did you enjoy the topics that we discussed? Which discussion did you find to be the most useful? Is there a topic that you feel did not lend itself to the course? If so, what would you recommend discussing as an alternative?
Critical Infrastructure & Animal Rights
Assuming the research by DeWaal is correct, most if not all social animals have innate dispositions to cooperate for survival and as such, develop moral codes for behavior. As such, should humans not work more to ensure animals have basic rights even if they cannot ask for them? What rights should those be and is there some sort of hierarchy (should dogs have more rights than mice).
It has been such a pleasure getting to know all of you over the past several weeks. Please respond to this final, ungraded discussion with your thoughts regarding the course (organizational behavior). Did you enjoy the topics that we discussed? Which discussion did you find to be the most useful? Is there a topic that you feel did not lend itself to the course? If so, what would you recommend discussing as an alternative? APA.