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Description
Becoming a Good Creature outlines moral lessons Sy Montgomery has learned from interactions with animals, both domestic and wild, such as “Love Little Lives,” “Don’t Be Afraid,” and “Make Your Own Family.” Our willingness to be attentive to other creatures – not just the ones like us with “two legs,” but also “four or even eight” – opens up the possibility of finding something ethically significant in these encounters. She tells us that “all have taught me something important about how to be a good creature in the world.”
Publication Date
2024
Publisher
Institute for the Advancement of Philosophy for Children
City
Montclair
Keywords
animal behavior, children, early childhood education, environmental education, ethics, goodness, Sy Montgomery, philosophy, philosophy for children
Disciplines
Applied Ethics | Early Childhood Education | Education | Environmental Education | Philosophy
Recommended Citation
Piede, Samantha, "Becoming a Good Creature (2020) by Sy Montgomery" (2024). Picture Books. 16.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/iapc_thinkingstories_picturebooks/16
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