The Response of College Freshmen to the Ethics of Animal Rights: An Example of Applied Learning Theory
2012 ◽
Vol 14
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pp. 202-209
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A telling arena for observing ethical human behavior is the human treatment of nonhuman animals. How one treats or mistreats animals is a decision mostly grounded in his or her ethical beliefs. This article examines animal ethics and discusses the value of intrinsic motivation through the lens of teaching a freshman animal ethics. In addition, this opinion piece argues the merit of the pass/fail paradigm in lieu of the traditional grading paradigm by using the triad of Kohn’s (1999) intrinsic motivation, Thorndike’s (1913) law of readiness, and Bandura’s (1997) social cognitive notion of self-regulation while exploring the human ethical notions related to learning about animal rights.
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2008 ◽
Vol 52
(5)
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pp. 439-458
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2017 ◽
Vol 2
(6)
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pp. 19-23
2017 ◽
Vol 4
(3)
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pp. 218-237
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