My wife has been making fun of the care and concern I have demonstrating for our new dog by calling me “obsessed.” Am I obsessed? To be honest, probably a little. Two weeks into caring for this particular dog, I have been surprised by how much love, care, and responsibility I feel for her. More…
Tag: animal consciousness
Dogs in American Culture
I’ve been thinking about animal consciousness and suffering even more than usual lately in light of the fact that my wife and I adopted a shelter dog last Friday that we’ve named Bwana. I’ve long expressed my ambivalance about dog ownership, even though I love dogs. They demand a lot of care and attention, their…
Animal Consciousness & Suffering
How often do you really make an effort to put ourselves in someone’s shoes, and try to see things as they see them? And how often do you do that for animals? I suspect the answer to the first question for most people is sometimes, and that that is rarely for the latter. I’ve long…