Ahumanism

Scholar Patricia MacCormack spoke to a full audience about her recent work on an “ahuman” theory of ethics in the McCune Conference Room of the Humanities and Social Sciences Building yesterday.The talk, entitled “Ethics, Animality and Ahuman Theory” is part of the Interdisciplinary Humanities Center The Value of Care series, which explores issues related to global well-being. Much of MacCormack’s talk focused on philosophical and moralistic reasons for radically deconstructing the idea of “human” and ceasing to use the word “animal” — ideas which she elaborated upon in her recent book Posthuman Ethics.