Högre seminariet i filosofi bjuder in till ett seminarium med Dorna Behdadi. Seminariet ges på engelska och har den engelska titeln "Start Button Behaviors and the Normative Capacities of Nonhuman Animals".
A recent trend within animal training, care and husbandry is the use of so-called cooperative, voluntary or collaborative training protocols (Jones, 2024; Howell & Feyrecilde, 2018; Wess et al., 2022). A key feature of such protocols is the use of start button behaviors: non-verbal cues that communicate whether the agent (e.g., a dog, chimpanzee, or other animal) opts in or out of a given interaction. While contemporary scholarly discussion has mostly concerned practical or ethical questions, like enhanced handler safety or improved animal welfare (Brando & Norman, 2023; Sydänheimo et al., 2023), start button-based protocols also carry significant philosophical implications. I suggest that start button behaviors may illustrate a more robust capacity for agency and self-determination in nonhuman animals than is commonly acknowledged. These implications warrant further exploration as they may pose important questions for how humans ought to treat other animals.
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