Moral Apes, Human Uniqueness, and the Image of God

Journal of Religion and Science Volume 44 Issue 3, Pages 613 - 624

By Oliver Putz

Recent advances in evolutionary biology and ethology suggest that humans are not the only species capable of empathy and possibly morality, suggesting that the concept of the imago Dei could be extended to accommodate moral species other than our own.

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