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" Wild justice : "
Marc Bekoff and Jessica Pierce.
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BL
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1004867
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b759237
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Bekoff, Marc
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Wild justice : : the moral lives of animals /\ Marc Bekoff and Jessica Pierce.
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Chicago :: The University of Chicago Press,, 2009.
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1 online resource (xv, 188 pages) :: illustrations
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0226041662
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: 1282239392
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: 9780226041667
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: 9781282239395
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0226041611
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9780226041612
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-174) and index.
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| Contents
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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.
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"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 intelligence? With Wild Justice Marc Bekoff and Jessica Pierce unequivocally answer yes. Marrying years of behavioral and cognitive research with compelling and moving anecdotes, Bekoff and Pierce reveal that animals exhibit a broad repertoire of moral behaviors, including fairness, empathy, trust, and reciprocity. Underlying these behaviors is a complex and nuanced range of emotions, backed by a high degree of intelligence and surprising behavioral flexibility. Animals, in short, are incredibly adept social beings, relying on rules of conduct to navigate intricate social networks that are essential to their survival. Ultimately, Bekoff and Pierce draw the astonishing conclusion that there is no moral gap between humans and other species: morality is an evolved trait that we unquestionably share with other social mammals.Sure to be controversial, Wild Justice offers not just cutting-edge science, but a provocative call to rethink our relationship with and our responsibilities toward our fellow animals."--Provided by publisher.
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Animal behavior.
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Animal psychology.
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Motivation in animals.
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Social behavior in animals.
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Animal behavior.
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Animal psychology.
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Motivation in animals.
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SCIENCE-- Life Sciences-- Zoology-- General.
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Social behavior in animals.
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591.5
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QL775.B439 2009eb
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Pierce, Jessica,1965-
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