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On THE DOG WHO COULDN'T STOP LOVING

Animal Person

Masson tells Benjy's story--and Benjy stories--while explaining his theory about the mutual domestication of dogs and humans. You may know that dog/human coevolution has been a popular topic in the past decade, and if so, this might help: Masson "takes E. The point is that, as Chapter 3 is titled, "Dogs Make Us Human."

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On Helping Individuals and Utilitarianism

Animal Person

Or paid for food for a year at a rescue kennel. Or printed thousands of copies of vegan leaflets. And you wouldn't fund a program that was very expensive per unit (human or nonhuman animal) yet you often don't think about that when you're dealing with an individual.

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