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On the Psychological Continuum

Animal Person

So, while this fact does not need to concern us, if we are thinking about ethical principles, for example based on rational arguments leading to deontological ethics, that changes when we are talking about how to move society towards this ethical ideal. This observation is so obvious that it does not seem to merit quoting empirical support.

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The Emotional Lives of Animals

4 The Love Of Animals

Many animals also display wide-ranging emotions, including joy, happiness, empathy, compassion, grief, and even resentment and embarrassment. For example, they make three different types of tools from the long, barbed leaves of the screw pine tree. Animal Rescues: Feeling Compassion for Those in Need.

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