Moral Apes, Human Uniqueness, and the Image of God

Abstract. Recent advances in evolutionary biology and ethology suggest that humans are not the only species capable of empathy and possibly morality. These findings are of no little consequence for theology, given that a nonhuman animal as a free moral agent would beg the question if human beings ar...

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Main Author: Putz, Oliver (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2009
In: Zygon
Year: 2009, Volume: 44, Issue: 3, Pages: 613-624
Further subjects:B Image of God
B nonhuman animals
B Evolution
B great apes
B human uniqueness
B Moral Agency
B cognitive ethology
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