Avram Hiller
@av-hiller.bsky.social
Philosopher at Portland State University.
https://sites.google.com/pdx.edu/avramhiller/
Director, Society for the Study of Ethics and Animals
@ethicsandanimals.bsky.social
https://sites.google.com/pdx.edu/avramhiller/
Director, Society for the Study of Ethics and Animals
@ethicsandanimals.bsky.social
My blog post about how disability affects well-being is now out at the APA Blog.
blog.apaonline.org/2025/09/19/h...
blog.apaonline.org/2025/09/19/h...
How Disability Affects Well-being | Blog of the APA
What is the relationship between disability and well-being? (In this post, I’ll call this the Relationship Question.) The Relationship Question is both enormously complex and highly fraught—philosophi...
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September 25, 2025 at 7:09 PM
My blog post about how disability affects well-being is now out at the APA Blog.
blog.apaonline.org/2025/09/19/h...
blog.apaonline.org/2025/09/19/h...
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The SSEA is excited to announce the first of our Fall 2025 Online Colloquium series.
Matthew Perry (University of British Columbia), October 2, Noon Eastern: "The Desubjectification of Animals".
For more information on how to attend, please visit our website, www.ethicandsanimals.org
Matthew Perry (University of British Columbia), October 2, Noon Eastern: "The Desubjectification of Animals".
For more information on how to attend, please visit our website, www.ethicandsanimals.org
www.ethicandsanimals.org
September 16, 2025 at 9:05 PM
The SSEA is excited to announce the first of our Fall 2025 Online Colloquium series.
Matthew Perry (University of British Columbia), October 2, Noon Eastern: "The Desubjectification of Animals".
For more information on how to attend, please visit our website, www.ethicandsanimals.org
Matthew Perry (University of British Columbia), October 2, Noon Eastern: "The Desubjectification of Animals".
For more information on how to attend, please visit our website, www.ethicandsanimals.org
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The Society for the Study of Ethics and Animals (SSEA) is hosting a mini-conference in Boulder, CO, on Weds., August 6. (This is the day before the RoME conference.) All are welcome! See www.ethicsandanimals.org for more info and for updates.
July 21, 2025 at 5:53 PM
The Society for the Study of Ethics and Animals (SSEA) is hosting a mini-conference in Boulder, CO, on Weds., August 6. (This is the day before the RoME conference.) All are welcome! See www.ethicsandanimals.org for more info and for updates.
When Jay Odenbaugh, Yasha Rohwer, and I wrote our piece on owls, one of our main takeaways was that the Endangered Species Act is in need of supplementation. This excellent new piece by Emma Marris examines the case for that, with interviews with Jay and others.
www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...
www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...
The Debate That American Conservationists Should Be Having
What if the U.S. protected ecosystems directly?
www.theatlantic.com
June 3, 2025 at 3:09 PM
When Jay Odenbaugh, Yasha Rohwer, and I wrote our piece on owls, one of our main takeaways was that the Endangered Species Act is in need of supplementation. This excellent new piece by Emma Marris examines the case for that, with interviews with Jay and others.
www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...
www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...
The philosophy website Daily Nous just published (dailynous.com/2025/06/02/p...) several short pieces, including one I wrote, discussing the science and ethics of de-extinction efforts. My own piece is on the effects of de-extinction efforts on individual animal welfare.
Philosophers On The Science & Ethics of Resurrecting Extinct Species - Daily Nous
"The Return of the Dire Wolf" announced Time magazine---not quite correctly, it turns out---in its article on the creation of three creatures genetically engineered into existence by the firm Colossal...
dailynous.com
June 3, 2025 at 5:03 AM
The philosophy website Daily Nous just published (dailynous.com/2025/06/02/p...) several short pieces, including one I wrote, discussing the science and ethics of de-extinction efforts. My own piece is on the effects of de-extinction efforts on individual animal welfare.
I've been posting photos on Instagram, feel free to follow me there. www.instagram.com/av.hiller/?h...
April 23, 2025 at 3:38 PM
I've been posting photos on Instagram, feel free to follow me there. www.instagram.com/av.hiller/?h...
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Dayton Martindale, University of Colorado Boulder, is speaking this Thursday, April 10, at noon EDT: "Liberty for Animals: On Respect for Nonhuman Agency"
The talk is online and free to all. Please see the SSEA website (www.ethicsandanimals.org/events) for more details.
The talk is online and free to all. Please see the SSEA website (www.ethicsandanimals.org/events) for more details.
SSEA - Events
All colloquia will be conducted online and are an hour long. They are free and do not require advance registration.
Please sign up to be on our mailing list to receive notifications of other upcoming...
www.ethicsandanimals.org
April 7, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Dayton Martindale, University of Colorado Boulder, is speaking this Thursday, April 10, at noon EDT: "Liberty for Animals: On Respect for Nonhuman Agency"
The talk is online and free to all. Please see the SSEA website (www.ethicsandanimals.org/events) for more details.
The talk is online and free to all. Please see the SSEA website (www.ethicsandanimals.org/events) for more details.
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The Society for the Study of Ethics and Animals is excited to announce a mini-conference, to be held on August 6, immediately prior to the Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress (RoME) at UC Boulder. Abstract submissions are due April 25. See www.ethicsandanimals.org/mini-confere... for more information.
SSEA - Mini-Conference
The Society for the Study of Ethics and Animals (SSEA) is excited to announce a one-day mini-conference, to be held on August 6, 2025, immediately prior to the Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress (RoME) at...
www.ethicsandanimals.org
March 27, 2025 at 3:38 PM
The Society for the Study of Ethics and Animals is excited to announce a mini-conference, to be held on August 6, immediately prior to the Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress (RoME) at UC Boulder. Abstract submissions are due April 25. See www.ethicsandanimals.org/mini-confere... for more information.
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I am excited to announce that Lucia Schwarz (Tulane) is speaking on Wednesday, March 5, 11 AM EST: "Voting with Your Dollars – a Binomial Model of Vegan Consumer Choice"
All SSEA talks are free and are conducted over zoom. To attend, use this link: pdx.zoom.us/j/86949698825
All SSEA talks are free and are conducted over zoom. To attend, use this link: pdx.zoom.us/j/86949698825
February 24, 2025 at 7:21 PM
I am excited to announce that Lucia Schwarz (Tulane) is speaking on Wednesday, March 5, 11 AM EST: "Voting with Your Dollars – a Binomial Model of Vegan Consumer Choice"
All SSEA talks are free and are conducted over zoom. To attend, use this link: pdx.zoom.us/j/86949698825
All SSEA talks are free and are conducted over zoom. To attend, use this link: pdx.zoom.us/j/86949698825
Does anyone know what's going on with the Central APA? It is supposed to start in less than a month and from what I can see there is no program posted yet. www.apaonline.org/mpage/2025ce...
2025 Central Division Meeting - Virtual (Entirely Online)
To present or actively participate in sessions, you will need a computer, smartphone, or tablet with a camera, microphone, and internet access (ideally, high-speed internet access). To view session recordings, you only need
a computer, smartphone, or tablet that can play videos.
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January 21, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Does anyone know what's going on with the Central APA? It is supposed to start in less than a month and from what I can see there is no program posted yet. www.apaonline.org/mpage/2025ce...
The Society for the Study of Ethics and Animals is hosting a talk by Harry Lloyd (Yale), this Thursday 1/9 at noon EST, titled "Animals, Just Distribution, and Cost Effectiveness". The talk is online and free to all. For more information about how to attend, please see the SSEA website. Thanks!
SSEA - Events
All colloquia will be conducted online and are an hour long. They are free and do not require advance registration.
Please sign up to be on our mailing list to receive notifications of other upcoming...
www.ethicsandanimals.org
January 7, 2025 at 6:10 PM
The Society for the Study of Ethics and Animals is hosting a talk by Harry Lloyd (Yale), this Thursday 1/9 at noon EST, titled "Animals, Just Distribution, and Cost Effectiveness". The talk is online and free to all. For more information about how to attend, please see the SSEA website. Thanks!
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I’m on TV talking northern spotted owls. #KPTV www.kptv.com/2024/11/26/c...
Controversial plan to save spotted owls sparks debate
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is implementing a divisive plan to save the endangered spotted owl by killing its competitor, the barred owl.
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November 28, 2024 at 2:39 AM
I’m on TV talking northern spotted owls. #KPTV www.kptv.com/2024/11/26/c...
The Society for the Study of Ethics and Animals is pleased to present a talk by Mattia Cecchinato (Oxford), "No Consciousness, No Welfare" on December 4 at 11AM Eastern (US) | 4PM GMT. The talk is online and free to all.
To attend, please see our Events page at www.ethicsandanimals.org/upcoming
To attend, please see our Events page at www.ethicsandanimals.org/upcoming
November 27, 2024 at 7:08 PM
The Society for the Study of Ethics and Animals is pleased to present a talk by Mattia Cecchinato (Oxford), "No Consciousness, No Welfare" on December 4 at 11AM Eastern (US) | 4PM GMT. The talk is online and free to all.
To attend, please see our Events page at www.ethicsandanimals.org/upcoming
To attend, please see our Events page at www.ethicsandanimals.org/upcoming
I will be speaking at this online mini-conference tomorrow at 11:00 AM EST/8:00 AM PST. Attendance is free! I will be talking about our climate responsibilities and about how much garam masala to put into your lentils (among other things). See info in link. philevents.org/event/show/1...
Risk and Responsibility Conference: Law and Climate Change
Zoom link and info
https://uni-graz.zoom.us/j/66973823621?pwd=YUZ6cFpkbUFEZi9uUTBMYkI5YUZpQT09
Meeting ID: 669 7382 3621 | Passcode: 557023
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Conference description
Risk and responsibility are topics...
philevents.org
November 29, 2023 at 4:47 PM
I will be speaking at this online mini-conference tomorrow at 11:00 AM EST/8:00 AM PST. Attendance is free! I will be talking about our climate responsibilities and about how much garam masala to put into your lentils (among other things). See info in link. philevents.org/event/show/1...