Thought For Food Podcast

Following up on our last episode, Eating Animals, is it Ethical?, we're keeping on the topic of animal ethics and philosophy, this time with an expert, and one that encapsulates beautifully the Thought For Food mission: Educational, engaging, and entertaining. Today on the show we have Alastair Norcross, a professor at the University of Colorado in the philosophy department. Alastair hails originally from Oxford in England, but came to Syracuse University to pursue his PhD in  philosophy. He focuses primarily on utilitarianism, which is a "theory in normative ethics holding that the best moral action is the one that maximizes utility. Utility is defined in various ways, but is usually related to the well-being of sentient entities." He teaches an animal ethics course at CU Boulder, and is a passionate marathon runner, vegan, and animal lover. In the episode, we discuss: Running and endurance sports Animal experimentation His journey towards philosophy and eventually animal ethics A synopsis of his popular e