Blake Cale for Noema Magazine For millennia before we showed up on the scene, social animals — those living in societies and cooperating for survival — had been creating cultures imbued with ethics. By Jay Griffiths Jay Griffiths is a writer and winner of the Barnes & Noble Discover Prize and the Orion Book Award. Her latest book, “How Animals Heal Us,” was published in 2025. A fine and highly trained dog is at work on a beautiful day at Panama City Beach, Florida. It’s spring break 2022; the sun is shining and spirits are high. Then chaos erupts. The dog’s … Continue reading The Moral Authority Of Animals