Justice

TUT 100 - Virtue in Animal and Machine - Professor Weinman

1. Select the sentence from the Wild Justice chapter five ("Justice") that you feel is the best example of what Graff and Birkenstein call Ain't So language. Why do you think the authors chose to use it in the context you identified?
2. Select the sentence from the Wild Justice reading that you feel best summarizes the most important idea the authors wish to convey in chapter five. Briefly (3-5 sentences) explain your choice.
3. While there are some notes for the "Justice" chapter (pp. 160-161), there are not many. Excepting the last two sections (pp. 133-135) where the authors explicitly transition to speculation, select the sentence from the chapter that you feel is least substantiated by evidence or is the most significant unreferenced or unsupported claim.
   1. Briefly explain the nature of the omission (e.g., "the logical conclusion X does not follow from the premises Y and Z because ..."; or "a general, factual claim is made with no outside reference or author expertise"; etc.)
   2. Explain what you feel is the significance of the omission (e.g., what is its effect on their argument and its strength?)
4. Select the sentence from Range et al. that you feel is the best example of what Graff and Birkenstein call Skeptics May Object language. Why do you think the authors found it important to include the example you identified?
5. Bekoff and Pierce, generalizing Kiley Hamlin, assert that "animals are able to make ... social evaluations" (p. 114). Select the sentence from Range et al. that you feel is most closely related. Briefly explain whether your choice supports, denies, or complicates the assertion from Wild Justice.