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Author Website

http://www.uwyo.edu/psychology/faculty/bartsch.html

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Colin A. Chapman and Michael A. Huffman, Why do we want to think humans are different?

Abstract

Chapman & Huffman suggest that judgments of human superiority underlie our cruelty to animals. It might be useful to examine how such judgments operate within the human community. Children arguably have a potential for developing “superior” capacities but are outperformed on many tasks by animals. There is a continuum of development in children’s capacities. Perhaps there are interspecies evolutionary continua too. This highlights the complexity of reasoning about humans, animals, and moral inclusion.

Author Biography

Karen Bartsch, Professor of Psychology, University of Wyoming, studies children’s cognitive and moral development, especially in the areas of theory of mind and social cognition. Website