Animals can tell right from wrong

[Will E Worm]

Animals possess a sense of morality that allows them to tell the difference between right and wrong, according to a controversial new book.

Scientists studying animal behaviour believe they have growing evidence that species ranging from mice to primates are governed by moral codes of conduct in the same way as humans.

Until recently, humans were thought to be the only species to experience complex emotions and have a sense of morality.

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Like I have said before there are rogue animals.

 

[Facetious]

good story


I have a cat that knows when it's Thursday.

He's in early on Thurs. AMs only because that's the day the gardeners at the townhouse mow the lawn. :1orglaugh

 

[mrtrebus]

Interesting. Further evidence that we humans are not unique, just part of the animal kingdom.

 

[Will E Worm]

Interesting. Further evidence that we humans are not unique, just part of the animal kingdom.

:nono:

 

[Ceska]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofpYRITtLSg

 

[mrtrebus]

:nono:

Well, it is evidence. We are all animals, just cos we've got ipods & porn don't make us anything special.

 

[Gordar]

Maybe they do have morals, but that still doesn't mean they have the same morals we do... Better yet, even amongst our own species you'll find a large difference when it comes to morals.

 

[mrtrebus]

Yes but if they have morals, whether the same or different to ours, then they must have a Theory Of Mind. We are no different from them.

 

[CunningStunts]

Animals can, but it seems that most humans can't these days... ironic, no?

 

[Legzman]

dunno if they know the difference between right and wrong but with cats and dogs, they know when they've done something wrong!

 

[Facetious]

Nothing like a 'lil high moral standard animal "analbumcover" :ban2:
:nono:

 

[Will E Worm]

Well, it is evidence. We are all animals, just cos we've got ipods & porn don't make us anything special.

Yes, we are far above animals.

Animals can't compose music, write books, solve math problems, build vehicles and so on.
Only humans can perform such feats, because we are of a higher intelligence than they are. However, animals aren't the savage beasts they have been portrayed to be. They do more than eat, fight, and mate. There are rogue animals.

Just like the bear that ate Timothy Treadwell.

Animals will never evolve to be over us and we aren't like them.

 

[Hot Mega]

Interesting. Further evidence that we humans are not unique, just part of the animal kingdom.

While I agree that some species of animal life other than human are more sentient than others, to compare any other life form on this earth to humans is woefully ignorant IMO.

Consider this, in hundreds of thousands of years in earth's history, what other species of animal has transformed his day to day existence anywhere near a millionth of what mankind has?

Other species of animals no matter how relatively sentient, they live largely the same way if not the identical way they have lived hundreds of thousands of years ago.

Human beings are not just another equal part of the earth's animal kingdom but a completely different, more important, special part of earth's animal kingdom. That is undeniable.

I might add, it's that way for a reason IMO. Human beings while intelligent are among the most fragile and weakest beings on this planet. Most other animals would dominated the human species if but for our intelligence or if they were equally intelligent.

 

[Magnet]

This really isnt anything new. Anyone who owns a dog or a cat can easily come to this conclusion.

For example, when my dog does something wrong he usually knows it and hides from me.

 

[mrtrebus]

While I agree that some species of animal life other than human are more sentient than others, to compare any other life form on this earth to humans is woefully ignorant IMO.

Consider this, in hundreds of thousands of years in earth's history, what other species of animal has transformed his day to day existence anywhere near a millionth of what mankind has?

Other species of animals no matter how relatively sentient, they live largely the same way if not the identical way they have lived hundreds of thousands of years ago.

Human beings are not just another equal part of the earth's animal kingdom but a completely different, more important, special part of earth's animal kingdom. That is undeniable.

I might add, it's that way for a reason IMO. Human beings while intelligent are among the most fragile and weakest beings on this planet. Most other animals would dominated the human species if but for our intelligence or if they were equally intelligent.

Is it?

 

[mrtrebus]

Yes, we are far above animals.

Animals can't compose music, write books, solve math problems, build vehicles and so on.
Only humans can perform such feats, because we are of a higher intelligence than they are. However, animals aren't the savage beasts they have been portrayed to be. They do more than eat, fight, and mate. There are rogue animals.

Just like the bear that ate Timothy Treadwell.

Animals will never evolve to be over us and we aren't like them.

I agree we have evolved a higher intelligence, but we ARE animals.
The bear that ate Timothy Treadwell wasn't rogue. It was just doing what it does.

 

[Hot Mega]

Is it?

All of the evidence suggests it's so..and it would seem pretty obvious. No species is a more determinative factor on this planet than man.

 

[mrtrebus]

All of the evidence suggests it's so..and it would seem pretty obvious. No species is a more determinative factor on this planet than man.

This is true, but the earth will continue long after we have wiped ourselves out, well hopefully we wont have destroyed the planet. & I don't see us as being special, just natural selection has led us to the point we are at now. If the dinosaurs hadn't been wiped out it would be a very different story. We'd probably all look like those monsters from V!!

 

[Hot Mega]

This is true, but the earth will continue long after we have wiped ourselves out, well hopefully we wont have destroyed the planet. & I don't see us as being special, just natural selection has led us to the point we are at now. If the dinosaurs hadn't been wiped out it would be a very different story. We'd probably all look like those monsters from V!!

All interesting supposition but the facts as they stand today are undeniable.

And like I said, the intelligence of the human being is so vastly superior to anything remotely close to any other known being on this planet it can't just be a product of happenstance or serendipity IMO.

 

[Will E Worm]

Human beings are not just another equal part of the earth's animal kingdom but a completely different, more important, special part of earth's animal kingdom. That is undeniable.

I agree, except for humans being part of the animal kingdom.

I agree we have evolved a higher intelligence, but we ARE animals.
The bear that ate Timothy Treadwell wasn't rogue. It was just doing what it does.

We haven't "evolved" anything.

Treadwell was walking up and touching the other bears and taking pictures and video at a close range. So yes, the bear that killed him was a rogue bear.

All interesting supposition but the facts as they stand today are undeniable.

And like I said, the intelligence of the human being is so vastly superior to anything remotely close to any other known being on this planet it can't just be a product of happenstance or serendipity IMO.

I agree, no big bang or evolution. We were created, by you know who...:angels: