In their capitalist striving for growth, humans exploit numerous natural resources and thus not only destroy their own livelihoods: Agriculture, clearing and, last but not least, man-made climate change threaten the life of entire species worldwide. Millions of creatures in factory farming and laboratories suffer through human hands, and the oceans are overfished. We take the death of animals and the extinction of entire species lightly in order to meet our own needs - is this justified or do we have to put an end to it?

Three experts would like to discuss this on April 28, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. under the motto “Limits of Species. Ethics of the interaction between humans and animals ”in the second event in the series“ About our conditions? Limits of Our Present ”speak to their audience. Prof. Sven Herzog is a wildlife ecologist at the TU Dresden. He believes that nature and animal protection must go hand in hand with hunting, but also that humans are still the biggest problem animals. Dr. Simone Horstmann, Catholic theologian at TU Dortmund University, sees man's claim to power over other animals based on a religious tradition that needs to be overtaken: animals do not need human rights, but the right to life should apply to everyone. Another perspective is offered by Dr. Luise Müller, political scientist at the TU Dresden, currently deputy professor for practical philosophy at the University of Hamburg. She also considers the boundaries within the species and sees it as entirely justified to make a moral distinction between domestic animals and wild or farm animals. Nevertheless, she advocates that humans have duties towards animals that they must obey.

In the interdisciplinary and interactive event, the participants can exchange ideas in small groups and discuss things together after short input lectures by the experts. Where is there an urgent need for action? How can species coexist in the future? What contribution can each: r individual make?

The event takes place digitally and is limited to 100 participants. The series of events “About Our Conditions” is organized by the Professorship for Systematic Theology (Catholic) at TU Dresden, in cooperation with the German Hygiene Museum Dresden and the PRISMA network. Center for sustainability assessment and policy - financed by the German Federal Environment Foundation.

More information and registration: https://www.dhmd.de/veranstaltungen/kalender/veranstaltungsdetails/443/2021-04-28/

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