Wild justice: the moral lives of animals
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1. Verfasser: Bekoff, Marc 1945- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Chicago University of Chicago Press 2009
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-174) and index
Preface: into the wild -- Morality in animal societies: an embarrassment of riches -- Foundations for wild justice: what animals do and what it means -- Cooperation: reciprocating rats and back-scratching baboons -- Empathy: mice in the sink -- Justice: honor and fair play among beasts -- Animal morality and its discontents: a new synthesis
Scientists have long counseled against interpreting animal behavior in terms of human emotions, warning that such anthropomorphizing limits our ability to understand animals as they really are. Yet what are we to make of a female gorilla in a German zoo who spent days mourning the death of her baby? Or a wild female elephant who cared for a younger one after she was injured by a rambunctious teenage male? Or a rat who refused to push a lever for food when he saw that doing so caused another rat to be shocked? Aren't these clear signs that animals have recognizable emotions and moral intelligen
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ISBN:0226041611
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