Can Animals Be Moral?

Can Animals Be Moral?
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 272
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ISBN-10 : 9780190240301
ISBN-13 : 019024030X
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Book Synopsis Can Animals Be Moral? by : Mark Rowlands

Download or read book Can Animals Be Moral? written by Mark Rowlands and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2015-03 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can animals act morally? Philosophical tradition answers "no," and has apparently convincing arguments on its side. Cognitive ethology supplies a growing body of empirical evidence that suggests these arguments are wrong. This groundbreaking book assimilates both philosophical and ethological frameworks into a unified whole and argues for a qualified "yes."


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