https://www.vetsurgeon.org/f/non-clinical-questions/25176/is-empathy-unique-to-people [quote user=&quot;David Mills&quot;][quote user=&quot;Evelyn Barbour-Hill&quot;]Where would you say this moral belief comes from? Where would you say any other of your more deeply held moral beliefs come from? I&#39;m not making a veiled suggestion that they must come originallyen-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/170342?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 12 Dec 2016 13:29:44 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:e2ad6e91-167d-42a2-abd3-a81e58d15761Martin Atkinson<p>There is evidence to show that at least Chimps and Elephants (saw them on the telly so it must be true) show empathy so why not all the higher mammals?</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/170333?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 12 Dec 2016 11:24:29 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:faa95216-68a4-41fc-8e76-bd07efad9360mariette asselbergs<p>[quote user=&quot;Hannah Wynne Richards&quot;]</p> <p>&nbsp;No That is typical human conceit. Animals can, and do empathise with each other.</p> <p>Wynne</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div> <p>[/quote]</p> <p>Why &quot;No&quot;? This is exactly what I am saying: read Frans de Waal&#39;s rdsearch on altruism in animals.</p> <p>Mariette</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/170319?ContentTypeID=1Sun, 11 Dec 2016 10:49:31 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:7e355055-07e7-4107-8ab7-46bce3e58fd8Phil Hyde<p>[quote user=&quot;Seadna &quot;]</p> <p>[quote user=&quot;Hannah Wynne Richards&quot;]Animals can, and do empathise with each other[/quote]</p> <p>[citation required]</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div> <p>[/quote]</p> <p>Just google &#39;empathy as an evolutionary trait&#39;. It has been important in the evolution of very many species.&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/170317?ContentTypeID=1Sun, 11 Dec 2016 10:21:23 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:58e92939-2527-4b2c-9330-326614bf8666Hannah Wynne Richards<p>&nbsp;Use your eyes.</p> <p>Wynne</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/170310?ContentTypeID=1Sat, 10 Dec 2016 19:39:33 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:986c99da-aaa2-4104-91d4-f303fb8b5d56Seadna <p>[quote user=&quot;Hannah Wynne Richards&quot;]Animals can, and do empathise with each other[/quote]</p> <p>[citation required]</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/170292?ContentTypeID=1Sat, 10 Dec 2016 08:34:49 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:371226eb-69af-4704-8ef0-d3a382f33af9Hannah Wynne Richards<p>&nbsp;No That is typical human conceit. Animals can, and do empathise with each other.</p> <p>Wynne</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>