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11. Animal Ethics: Animal Companions

impedes our sympathy for the chimpanzee and the bonobo, since their lives are blameless. It is not that they do no wrong, but that “right” and “wrong” here make no sense.And that explains, in part, the appeal of the

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12. Animal Ethics: From Today's New York Times

researchers first taught a chimpanzee named Washoe to use sign language. It lost steam once it became clear that while the apes could put together simple statements and requests, they were not prepared to have discussions about their deepest

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13. Animal Ethics: Moral Vegetarianism, Part 3 of 13

But recent experiments with chimpanzees suggest that the day may be near when we can ask trained chimpanzees if they want to be eaten for food. Suppose some of them say yes (in American sign language). Suppose there is good reason to assume that

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14. Animal Ethics: Moral Vegetarianism, Part 5 of 13

publicist, kept a morose chimpanzee, which he used for a stunt. The doctor would toss a juicy beefsteak to the suspicious animal. The chimp would examine it and quickly slam the meat right back at him. Then Dr. Kellogg would offer a banana,

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15. Animal Ethics: Hunting