Wild justice : the moral lives of animals

Bekoff, Marc. (Author). Pierce, Jessica, 1965- (Added Author).

Summary: "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.

Record details

ISBN: 9780226041612 (alk. paper)
ISBN: 0226041611 (alk. paper)
Physical Description: print
xv, 188 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Publisher: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2009.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-174) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Preface: into the wild -- Morality in animal societies: an embarrassment of riches -- Foundations for wild justice: what animals do and what it means -- Cooperation: reciprocating rats and back-scratching baboons -- Empathy: mice in the sink -- Justice: honor and fair play among beasts -- Animal morality and its discontents: a new synthesis.