In 2019, a report by Oxford University researchers found that adopting a plant-based diet was the single most significant intervention consumers could make in the face of climate disaster. Others counter that 'eating meat is one of the things that makes us human.' Derrida says the moral question isn't whether one eats or doesn't eat this or that. Is it possible to eat well in the Anthropocene, an era in which 'what it means to be human' is invoked with increasing frequency? Are there ethical omnivores? What do these questions have to do with students of English literature? During this course, we will study a range of thinkers who have engaged with the issue of eating, eating well, eating others, and (sometimes) 'what it means to be human.'