Susana Monsó
Susana Monsó is a Spanish philosopher who is based at the National University of Distance Education in Madrid. She is an authority on the philosophy of animal minds, and on animal ethics. She is best known for her writings on comparative thanatology.
Monsó was born in Madrid in 1988. She studied Philosophy at Complutense University of Madrid, then received an MA in Global Ethics and Human Values from King’s College London, where her MA thesis was supervised by Leif Wenar. She wrote her PhD in Philosophy at UNED in Madrid, although it was externally co-supervised by Mark Rowlands at the University of Miami. Monsó's thesis addressed the question of whether animals could be moral agents given their limited understanding of others' minds. It argued that moral agency is possible for creatures who possess empathy, which does not require an understanding of mental states.
Monsó has written extensively on the question of whether animals understand death. Her book on this subject, La zarigüeya de Schrödinger: Cómo viven y entienden la muerte los animales, was published in Spanish in 2021.
Monsó was born in Madrid in 1988. She studied Philosophy at Complutense University of Madrid, then received an MA in Global Ethics and Human Values from King’s College London, where her MA thesis was supervised by Leif Wenar. She wrote her PhD in Philosophy at UNED in Madrid, although it was externally co-supervised by Mark Rowlands at the University of Miami. Monsó's thesis addressed the question of whether animals could be moral agents given their limited understanding of others' minds. It argued that moral agency is possible for creatures who possess empathy, which does not require an understanding of mental states.
Monsó has written extensively on the question of whether animals understand death. Her book on this subject, La zarigüeya de Schrödinger: Cómo viven y entienden la muerte los animales, was published in Spanish in 2021.
