In Defense of Dolphins: The New Moral FrontierHave humans been sharing the planet with other intelligent life for millions of years without realizing it? In Defense of Dolphins combines accessible science and philosophy, surveying the latest research on dolphin intelligence and social behavior, to advocate for their ethical treatment.
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Contents
The Anatomy and Physiology of Living in the Water | 15 |
Do Dolphins Think and Feel? | 46 |
Can Dolphins Solve Problems and Understand Language? | 81 |
Dolphin Social Intelligence | 117 |
What Kind of Beings Are Dolphins? | 155 |
Ethics and HumanDolphin Contact | 185 |
Epilogue | 221 |
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