The second warning to humanity—Why ethology matters?

Ethology applied to animal ethics

According to modern animal welfare legislation, animals should be protected from suffering and lasting harm not for the benefit of us humans as in earlier anthropocentric conceptions, but in their own interest. The driving force behind animal protection is our empathy with animals which triggers feelings of compassion. Empathy with animals most likely is a psychological side-effect of adaptive ...

Minding the Animals: Ethology a

What does it mean to be “human”? The question, though it has occupied some of the greatest Western minds of philosophy, science, history, and political theory, could not have been answered with any plausibility until recently, for we have only begin to acquire the scientific knowledge necessary to provide an informed response. At the same time, recent scientific and technological developments h...

Politics Matters: A Response to Recent Commentaries

Cognitive ethology 1 COGNITIVE ETHOLOGY: GIVING REAL LIFE TO ATTENTION RESEARCH

Studies of attention, often conducted in artificial laboratory experiments, may have limited validity when performance in the natural world is considered. For instance, for over two decades investigations of "reflexive" and "volitional" attention have tended to be grounded in methodologies that do not capture the demands of attention in everyday life. Recent studies suggest these laboratory inv...

Editorial to Special Issue: Human Ethology WHAT IS THE RELATION OF HUMAN ETHOLOGY TO ANTHROPOLOGY? A BRIEF HISTORICAL ACCOUNT