Morality in Animal Societies

TUT 100 - Virtue in Animal and Machine - Professor Weinman



Answer the following questions. Record your answers in your Reading Journal.
  1. Pages 6 and 7 give several examples of animal behavior the authors relate to morality. Which single example do you feel best supports the authors claim? Briefly (3-5 sentences) explain your selection.
  2. Page 13 proposes four requirements for an animal to be considered moral. Which of these do you consider to be the most important requirement? Briefly (3-5 sentences) explain your choice.
  3. Select a sentence or passage from the text that you feel best illustrates the behavioral flexibility requirement. Briefly (3-5 sentences) explain your selection.
  4. Identify the sentence of passage from the text that you feel best supports the claim that "looking for 'precursors' of human morality ... is not the same as looking for moral behavior in animals" (p. 9). Briefly (3-5 sentences) explain your choice.