Animals, Emotion, and Morality: Marking the Boundary Book

Contents CHAPTER ONE. INTRODUCTION....................9
Some Questions....................11
Emotional Kinship....................14
The Moral Kinship Hypothesis....................17
Morally Laden Emotions....................23
Evaluating the Moral Kinship Hypothesis....................25
Methodology....................26
Telling Tales....................28
Marking the Boundary....................29
CHAPTER TWO. EMOTIONAL KINSHIP....................35
Animals Are Like Us....................36
Eudaimonistic Emotions....................43
Wild with Grief....................43
A Barnyard Tale of Friendship and Loss....................45
Dying of Grief....................47
Conclusion....................54
CHAPTER THREE. EMOTIONS AND MORAL VIRTUE....................59
Compassionate Animals....................61
What Is Compassion?....................65
What Is Moral Virtue?....................69
Why Are the Virtues Morally Good?....................73
What Is the Right Motivation?....................75
Thick and Thin....................77
Conclusion....................85
CHAPTER FOUR. EVOLUTIONARY CONTINUITY....................93
Darwin's Stories....................94
The Continuity Thesis....................98
Criticisms of the Continuity Thesis....................100
The Unity of Psychology....................104
Conclusion....................110
CHAPTER FIVE. THE GOOD CHIMP....................117
Stories-Lending a Hand....................119
The Nature of Morality....................121
The Nature of Emotions....................129
Anthropomorphism....................137
Conclusion....................139
CHAPTER SIX. CHILDREN AND ANIMALS....................153
Childhood Animality....................153
A Puzzle about the Reactive Attitudes....................157
The Rationality Condition-Reflective Self-Control....................162
Morally Appraising Children....................164
The Intentionality Condition-Voluntary Action....................168
Conclusion....................171
CHAPTER SEVEN. BAD WOLVES....................179
Story-The Loop....................180
Blaming....................184
Sharing "Simple" Emotions....................187
The Moral Responsibility of Trained Animals....................193
Conclusion....................199
CHAPTER EIGHT. STORIES....................203
The Problem of Methodology....................205
The Role of Fancy....................208
The Limits of Fancy....................216
Reading for Context....................225
The Value of Animal Stories....................228
Conclusion....................231
CHAPTER NINE. MARKING THE BOUNDARY....................239
Summary of the Argument....................243
Other Philosophical Approaches....................249
Human Uniqueness without Superiority....................252
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS....................257
BIBLIOGRAPHY....................259
INDEX....................275