Posted: April 13th, 2015

Human, Animal, and Machine,” or “Human: Animal and Machine”?

“Human, Animal, and Machine,” or “Human: Animal and Machine”?

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“Human, Animal, and Machine,” or “Human: Animal and Machine”?
Drawing on no fewer than 4 and no more than 6 course readings and/or theories (2-3 from the first half of the class, and 2-3 from the second half), briefly summarize the distinction posed in the above question, and then construct a reasoned and supported response to the question itself. Are these categories distinct, with clear lines of demarcation between them, or are the boundaries between them less stable and sustainable than is generally assumed? Draw on scholarship, theory, lecture, and your own consideration through critical reading and thinking to evaluate the validity of these distinctions as useful or limiting (or both) in considering the interaction, overlap, distinction, or division of humans, non-human animals, and machines in the 21st century and beyond.

Responses should be approximately 800 words. References to source materials must be cited with parenthetical citation; if you use any materials outside of course readings, you must include a Works Cited with full bibliographical information for the source(s).