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Do animals have anything like morality?
Does it matter, as far as their fundamental moral status is concerned?
- Kant -- in some places, says YES
- Singer, Regan -- NO
- Morality is something entirely new in humans, there's nothing like it in animals
- There are rudiments/precursors of morality in animals; human morality evolved from these precursors (this is Frans DeWaal's view)
Who is Frans DeWaal?
- was a primatologist at Emory University
What are thes rudiments/precursors of morality in animals?
- Perspective taking
- Targeted helping
- chimps will try to get humans to give them a banana outside their enclosure--will point if humans can see them--will make noise if humans can't see them
- Cooperation
- the cooperative pulling paradigm
- teamwork in other animals--whales, orcas, lions, wolves, wild dogs, Harris's hawks, capuchin monkeys, chimpanzees
- Empathy
- Reciprocity & Fairness