Wild justice
Subtitle: the moral lives of animals
By: Marc Bekoff and Jessica Pierce.
Contributors: Pierce, Jessica, 1965-
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press; University of Chicago Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Chicago; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 188
ISBN-13: 9780226041612
Subjects: Social behavior in animals; Animal behavior; Motivation in animals; Animal psychology
Description: "Marrying years of behavioral and cognitive research with compelling and moving anecdotes, Bekoff and Pierce reveal that animals exhibit a broad repertoire of moral behaviors, including fairness, empathy, trust, and reciprocity. Underlying these behaviors is a complex and nuanced range of emotions, backed by a high degree of intelligence and surprising behavioral flexibility. Animals, in short, are incredibly adept social beings, relying on rules of conduct to navigate intricate social networks that are essential to their survival."--Inside jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface: Into the wild; title: Morality in animal societies: an embarrassment of riches; title: Foundations for wild justice: what animals do and what it means; title: Cooperation: reciprocating rats and back-scratching baboons; title: Empathy: mice in the sink; title: Fairness: honor and fair play among beasts; title: Animal morality and its discontents: a new synthesis.