{"id":14285,"date":"2016-10-17T15:31:51","date_gmt":"2016-10-17T19:31:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/nwcenter\/?post_type=questionslibrary&#038;p=2422"},"modified":"2025-02-18T14:19:57","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T22:19:57","slug":"who-is-the-beast","status":"publish","type":"questionslibrary","link":"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/questionslibrary\/who-is-the-beast\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is the Beast?"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Are all animals beasts?<\/li>\n<li>What makes something a beast?<\/li>\n<li>Are the people in this room beasts?<\/li>\n<li>Can we have beasts inside of us? (In our mind, actions, thoughts, fears, etc.)<\/li>\n<li>Why do we think things that scare us are bad?<\/li>\n<li>Have you ever thought you were really different from someone else, and then realized that you aren\u2019t? When?<\/li>\n<li>What\u2019s the difference between an animal and a beast?<\/li>\n<li>What makes something \u201cwild\u201d?<\/li>\n<li>Does eating meat make one a beast?<\/li>\n<li>Can we eat meat and still love animals?<\/li>\n<li>How do animal lifestyles, habitats, forms of communication, and needs reflect and contrast with our own? What does this tell us about them and ourselves?<\/li>\n<li>Why is the human species so fascinated with nonhuman species?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Activity:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Before showing students the book, first have students draw a picture of a beast on a blank piece of paper. Allow students to draw whatever a \u201cbeast\u201d might mean to them.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>Read <em>Who Is the Beast?<\/em> by Keith Baker. Students generate questions, and vote on a question to jumpstart the discussion.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li>After engaging in philosophical discussion, students go back to their desks to draw another picture, on the flipside of their piece of paper, of their conceptualization of a beast. Students then write a description of why they think their picture is a beast, and why their picture is different or the same from their first drawing.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li>Students have the opportunity to share their drawings and written responses with the whole class.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><em><strong>This lesson plan was contributed by\u00a0Maia Bernstein.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":12297,"template":"","dqcategories":[384,373,374],"class_list":["post-14285","questionslibrary","type-questionslibrary","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","dqcategories-animal-rights","dqcategories-ethics","dqcategories-metaphysics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Who is the Beast? - PLATO<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Who is the Beast? - PLATO\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Are all animals beasts? 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