AGENDA
- Animal minds worksheet (tab above)
- Do animals have self-awareness?
- Do animals have morality?
Who thinks self-awareness matters?
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| Immanuel Kant, "Duties to Animals," p. 1 |
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| Peter Singer, "Equality for Animals" p. 53 |
Self-awareness and the Mirror Test (DeWaal p. 241-243)
- The mirror test
- what is it the "visual mark test"?
- The mirror test can be passed to different degrees
- complete pass--they pass the "visual mark test" (dolphins, chimpanzees--Inside the animal mind episode 3, 32:44-36:40)
- complete pass--elephant example
complete fail--small songbirds and fighting fish--treat the image like it's a different animals
Using mirror as a tool? - intermediate--dogs and cats who don't react much to image
- intermediate--can use mirrors as a tool
- Why it should not be relied on completely
- Many forms of self-awareness
- bats and dolphins recognize their own echoes
- dog recognizes own urine
- animal treats own body differently
- animals control their own cursor on a computer screen
- people examine their lives, beliefs, preferences
- Even animals who can pass don't always pass--why not?
- Examples--pass or fail?
Rooster
Cat fascinated with reflection
Cats, mark test
Cats, complete fail!
Cats, complete fail, with fun soundtrack!
Dog, ultra-cute dachshund puppy
Your experiments
Morality in Animals?
Frans De Waal TED Talk (16 minutes)