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ARE DOGS THE NEW HUMMER?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 December 2010

Margaret Betz
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Pet adoption from an animal rescue shelter would seem to be one of those indisputable things in life that only increases a person's positive karma. Kant spoke of morality residing in a good will and pure intention; saving a dog from being euthanized by providing it with a loving, secure home seems the living embodiment of that. Or so it would seem.

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Research Article
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Think , Volume 10 , Issue 27 , Spring 2011 , pp. 105 - 108
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Copyright © The Royal Institute of Philosophy 2011

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