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The Elephant in the Courtroom
The cat is responsive to success and failure in her pursuits, but whether the norms that govern her pursuits are valid—whether she ought to behave like a cat or a husky—is not at issue for her. For human beings, by contrast, the validity of norms is always implicitly and potentially explicitly at issue. We act in light of a normative understanding
... See moreMartin Hägglund • This Life: Secular Faith and Spiritual Freedom
Let’s come back once again to the feeling of fairness, for that definitely exists in the animal kingdom, and not just among horses. If you live in a social group, things need to be fair. According to the dictionary definition of the term “justice,” every member of a community should be treated equally. If they aren’t, resentment quickly bubbles to
... See morePeter Wohlleben • The Inner Life of Animals: Love, Grief, and Compassion—Surprising Observations of a Hidden World
Abe Fields ne se croyait pour les bêtes aucune tendresse spéciale et se sentit donc un peu choqué en entendant cette fille parler du sort de la faune africaine comme de la seule chose qui comptât. Cela blessait son sens moral : dans un monde où soixante pour cent de l'humanité crevaient de faim, au point que le mot « liberté » ne pouvait avoir pour
... See moreRomain Gary • Les racines du ciel (French Edition)
‘Were there a species of creatures intermingled with men, which
though rational, were possessed of such inferior strength, both of body
and mind, that they were incapable of all resistance, and could never,
upon the highest provocation, make us feel the effects of their
resentment; the necessary consequence, I think, is that we should be
bound by the la
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