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Book Title: Wild Justice : the Moral Lives of Animals
Number of Pages: 208 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Topic: Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Animal & Comparative Psychology, Life Sciences / Zoology / Ethology (Animal Behavior), Life Sciences / Biology
Item Height: 0.4 in
Publication Year: 2010
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Philosophy, Science, Psychology
Item Weight: 10.5 Oz
Author: Marc Bekoff, Jessica Pierce
Item Length: 9 in
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
