11. Of the Reason of Animals, by David Hume
of their species. A dog, that avoids fire and
precipices, that shuns strangers, and caresses his master, affords
us an instance of the first kind. A bird, that chooses with such
care and nicety
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12. Good Dogs and Other Animals, by Stephen R. L. Clark
call their pet 'good dog', they usually mean only that the dog
happens to have done what they wanted him to. We sometimes call
babies 'good' for much the same reason, and not because they ought
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13. Chimpanzees’ Use of Sign Language, by Roger S. Fouts & Deborah H. Fouts
she had
seen dogs at a distance and did not appear to like them. While on
car journeys she would hang out of the window and bang on the car
door if she saw one. dogs were obviously not part of 'our
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14. Animals, by Voltaire
way? That hunting-dog which you have disclined for three months,
does it not know more at the end of this time than it knew before
your lessons? Does the canary to which you teach a tune repeat it
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15. The Language of Animals, by Michel de Montaigne
are nations that have a dog for
their king, they must of necessity be able to interpret his voice
and motions. We must observe the parity betwixt us: we have some
tolerable apprehension of their
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16. Do Animals Feel Pain?, by Peter Singer
or a stray
dog. Pain is a state of consciousness, a "mental event", and as
such it can never be observed. Behavior like writhing, screaming,
or drawing one's hand away from the lighted
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17. They Are Us, by Geza Teleki
such as 'vicious as a dog' and 'stupid as a
baboon' reflect common themes in human societies. Intimate
familiarity with individuals, human or nonhuman, is the key to
shedding such prejudices as
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18. Ask No Questions, by Peter Jenkins
of the "man bites dog" variety
but in fact I was engaged in serious scientific inquiry. For the
chimps in question were reputed to have broken through the
language barrier which divides
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19. Against Zoos, by Dale Jamieson
shoots a faithful dog who has become too old to serve. If we
accept Kant's premise, it is surely plausible to say that someone
who, for no good reason, removes wild animals from their natural
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20. Persons and Non-Persons, by Mary Midgley
to orang-utans, chimpanzees, dogs, cats. I don't know at
what level you say intelligence is insufficient to have that
animal or thing, or whatever you want to call it, a human being
under the penal code.
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