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. With "Wild Justice", Marc Bekoff and
Jessica Pierce unequivocally challenge this long-held view.
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. Animals are
incredibly adept social beings, relying on rules of conduct to navigate
intricate social networks that are essential to their survival.
Bekoff and Pierce draw the 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.
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