In 55 BC, the Roman leader Pompey staged a combat between humans and elephants. Surrounded in the arena, the animals perceived that they had no hope of escape. According to Pliny, they then “entreated ...

Animal behavior research suggests that animals have moral emotions. One study found that rhesus monkeys will forgo food if they had to push a lever that would electrically shock their companions to ...

Philosophical Studies: An International Journal for Philosophy in the Analytic Tradition, Vol. 177, No. 7 (July 2020), pp. 1879-1899 (21 pages) In this paper, I aim to show that agency-based accounts ...

Does Mr. Whiskers really love you or is he just angling for treats? Until recently, scientists would have said your cat was snuggling up to you only as a means to get tasty treats. But many animals ...

Animals are “in.” This might well be called the decade of the animal. Research on animal behavior has never been more vibrant and more revealing of the amazing cognitive, emotional, and moral ...

Journal of Applied Philosophy, Vol. 21, No. 1 (2004), pp. 61-76 (16 pages) According to a widely shared intuition, normal, adult humans require greater moral concern than normal, adult animals in at ...

No we are not “moral animals,” we are moral humans, and there is a difference. We are a kind of animal, specifically we are primates, and share much with other social mammals. We are a particular kind ...

A few months ago I posted an essay titled "It's Still Not Happening at the Zoo: Sharp Divisions Remain" that was a summary of a meeting held at the Detroit zoo called "Zoos and Aquariums as Welfare ...

In an undertaking that is far more philosophical than scientific, Rowlands (The Philosopher and the Wolf) argues that animals are moral subjects as opposed to moral ...

Some readers decry keeping animals in captivity while others tout the educational benefits. To the Editor: Re “The Case Against Zoos,” by Emma Marris (Sunday Review, June 13): Ms. Marris argues that ...

When using books to teach morality tales, it may be best if the characters don’t have tails of their own (or any other animal traits). Young children are more likely to learn and apply character ...