UTOPISM. *** In the long run, nothing else is realistic. *** Welcome to the English language blog of Morten Tønnessen, Professor of philosophy at University of Stavanger's Department of Social Studies.
Our chronicle on behalf of Norway´s Council for animal ethics "Brennende etiske temaer knyttet til dyrevelferd i Norge" (literally: Burning ethical themes related to animal welfare in Norway) is today included in the print version of the Norwegian daily Nationen.
See also:
Chronicle on animal welfare challenges in Norway published in Nationen online
Today the chronicle "Brennende etiske temaer knyttet til dyrevelferd i Norge", which I co-wrote with Cecilie Mejdell, Knut Bøe and Kristian Ellingsen-Dalskau, has been published online in the Norwegian daily Nationen.
Norway´s Council of animal ethics has released a statement to the ministries of agriculture and fisheries respectively titled "Brennende etiske temaer knyttet til dyrevelferd i Norge" (literally: Burning ethical topics related to animal welfare in Norway). Knut Bøe, Kristian Ellingsen-Dalskau and me are credited as Co-authors of the statement (14 pp.). The statement was written in response to the ministries´ work with the government´s forthcoming parliamentary notice on animal welfare.
In today´s print edition of the Norwegian daily Nationen the chronicle "Dyreparker - bevaring av truede dyrearter eller underholdning?", co-written by me, Guri Larsen, Kristian Ellingsen-Dalskau and Knut Bøe, on behalf of Norway´s Council for animal ethics, was published. The chronicle appeared online on February 6th. The chronicle builds on and refers to a recent consultative statement on the topic recently issued by the council and mainly written by me.
Today I have attended 3 scheduled meetings and a radio interview - as part of a panel during "spørretimen" in NRK P2´s Ekko, "Mennesket - dyrenes beste venn?" (humans - the animals´ best friends?) with Jan Erlend Leine as program host and Kristian Dalskau-Ellingsen and Ragnhild Sollund as the other panel guests.
Our chronicle "Velferd i isolasjonens tid" was yesterday, Thursday September 24th, published in the print version of the Norwegian national daily VG. See also previous post about online publication.
The chronicle "Velferd i isolasjonens tid" (Welfare in the time of isolation), written by Kristian Ellingsen-Dalskau, Knut Bøe and me, was published online today in the Norwegian national daily VG.
