Mylan Engel

Mylan Engel
Born 1960
Era 21st-century philosophy
Region Western Philosophy
School Analytic philosophy
Main interests
 Epistemology
Philosophy of religion
Animal rights

Mylan Engel Jr. (born 1960) is a full professor of philosophy at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb.[1]

Biography

Born in Alabama and educated at Vanderbilt University and the University of Arizona, he was hired by Northern Illinois University in 1988. Engel has also served as Guest Professor at the University of Innsbruck, Austria (1999) and University of Maribor, Slovenia (1999–2002).

Engel's specialties are epistemology, philosophy of religion, Scottish philosopher Thomas Reid, animal ethics, and environmental ethics.

Engel is a "moral vegetarian" (vegan)—the belief that we are morally obligated to refrain from eating meat—and has argued that virtually all humans hold beliefs that, if consistently applied, would make them moral vegetarians as well.[2]

In his spare time, Engel practices the ancient art of karate. He also offered a beginners course for students at Northern Illinois University.

Professor Engel has been Executive Secretary of The Society for the Study of Ethics and Animals since September, 2002.

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References

  1. ↑ Faculty – NIU – Department of Philosophy.
  2. ↑ Mylan Engel, Jr. "The Immorality of Eating Meat," in The Moral Life: An Introductory Reader in Ethics and Literature, Louis P. Pojman, ed. (New York: Oxford University Press, 2000), pp. 856-89
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