?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Cognitive+Relatives+and+Moral+Relations&rft.creator=Allen%2C+Colin&rft.subject=Animal+Cognition&rft.subject=Ethics&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.description=The+close+kinship+between+humans%2C+chimpanzees%2C+gorillas%2C+and+orangutans+is+a+central+theme+among+participants+in+the+debate+about+human+treatment+of+the+other+apes.++Empathy+is+probably+the+single+most+important+determinant+of+actual+human+moral+behavior%2C+including+the+treatment+of+nonhuman+animals.++Given+the+applied+nature+of+questions+about+the+treatment+of+captive+apes%2C+it+is+entirely+appropriate+that+the+close+relationship+between+us+should+be+highlighted.++But+the+role+that+relatedness+should+play+in+ethical+theory+is+less+clear.++To+the+extent+that+legal+and+regulatory+challenges+to+keeping+apes+in+captivity+are+likely+to+be+based+on+principles+of+theory%2C+it+is+important+to+understand+what+roles+evolutionary+theory+can+play+in+deriving+such+principles.+The+development+of+ethically+correct+policies+for+captivity+of+animals+will+depend+on+taking+into+account+both+species-specific+and+individual+differences+in+the+ways+that+individuals+perceive+and+conceptualize+the+spaces+in+which+they+live%2C+and+the+choices+with+which+they+are+presented.++A+fully+evolutionary+approach+to+cognition%2C+a+cognitive+ethology%2C+that+is+not+just+limited+to+the+great+apes+or+to+primates+is+the+best+hope+we+have+for+understanding+such+perceptions+and+conceptions.&rft.publisher=Smithsonian+Institute+Press&rft.contributor=Beck%2C+B.B.&rft.contributor=Stoinski%2C+T.S.&rft.contributor=Hutchins%2C+M.&rft.contributor=Maple%2C+T.S.&rft.contributor=Norton%2C+B.&rft.contributor=Rowan%2C+A.&rft.contributor=Stevens%2C+B.F.&rft.contributor=Arluke%2C+A.&rft.date=2001&rft.type=Book+Chapter&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F1291%2F3%2Fcogrels.pdf&rft.identifier=++Allen%2C+Colin++(2001)+Cognitive+Relatives+and+Moral+Relations.++%5BBook+Chapter%5D++++(In+Press)++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F1291%2F