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News

News: October/November 2003

World Philosophy Day • Monkeys Sense Injustice • Donald Davidson Dies • UK Govt. Gets Religion • Theology Students Get Nothing — News reports by Sue Roberts in London and Lisa Sangoi in New York

Animal Ethics

A research team at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia claims to be the first to demonstrate scientifically that non-human animals have a sense of justice. Pairs of brown capuchin monkeys were given ‘tasks’ to perform. If they were successful, each monkey received a piece of cucumber. However, when one of the pair received a tastier morsel for carrying out the same task, or even no task, its partner would stop performing or refuse the proffered cucumber. We all know human animals who ‘sulk’ over lesser injustices than this!

The State and Religion: Pro.

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