michel-grolet-2U3pJurEWJI-unsplash Type post Author Denyse O’Leary Date March 4, 2025 CategoriesBioethicsHuman ExceptionalismNeuroscience & MindPsychologyScientific Reasoning Tagged , animals, Aristotle, behavior, Dogs, emotions, evolutionary biologists, feelings, humans, Marc Bekoff, Michael Egnor, moral choice, prejudice, Psychology Today, Racism, sensations, sexism, speciesism, The Immortal Mind, Thomas Aquinas, Wesley J. Smith Clinical Psychologist Supports Human Exceptionalism Denyse O’Leary March 4, 2025 Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Neuroscience & Mind, Psychology, Scientific Reasoning 6 Gregg Henriques, a secular humanist, has developed an approach that accepts human exceptionalism without denying that animals have mental abilities. Read More ›
lobster Type post Author Denyse O’Leary Date January 10, 2025 CategoriesBioethicsLife SciencesNeuroscience & Mind Tagged , animal rights, animals, cats, coral, crabs, cuttlefish, Dogs, fetus, Jonathan Birch, lobsters, London School of Economics, Marc Bekoff, neuroscience, octopuses, pain, Psychology Today, sentience, squid What Do Animals Feel? And What About Babies? Denyse O’Leary January 10, 2025 Bioethics, Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind 7 With human babies, those who propose laws against cruelty suddenly enter a Cold Zone, at least compared to their feelings for crustaceans. Read More ›