{"product_id":"9780434314218","title":"Adam's Task: Calling Animals by Name","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA groundbreaking meditation on our human-animal relationships and the moral code that binds it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAdam's Task\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Vicki Hearne’s innovative masterpiece on animal training, brings our perennial discussion of the human-animal bond to a whole new metaphysical level. Based on studies of literary criticism, philosophy, and extensive hands-on experience in training, Hearne asserts, in boldly anthropomorphic terms, that animals (at least those that interact more with humans) are far more intelligent than we assume. In fact, they are capable of developing an understanding of \"the good,\" a moral code that influences their motives and actions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on an eclectic range of influences—Nietzsche, T. S. Eliot, Disney animal trainer William Koehler, and Genesis from the Bible, among others—Hearne writes in contemplative, exploratory, and brilliant prose as she interweaves personal anecdotes with philosophy. Hearne develops an entirely new system of animal training that contradicts modern animal behavioral research and that, as her examples show, is astonishingly effective.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vicki Hearne","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47907213770912,"sku":"9780434314218","price":10.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/8637\/5072\/files\/31288326886.jpg?v=1731970058","url":"https:\/\/rivendell-books.com\/products\/9780434314218","provider":"Rivendell Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}