Do you think bad and good does not apply to animals?

no, i think it does apply to animals. my dog knows when she has done bad. i have fussed her so much for scrathing that she gets up & goes in the other room to do it now. i think animals are pretty smart.

no it doesn't apply to animals. even the cutest and most behave puppies will bite if provoked. for them it is good because they were able to protect themselves and they are conditioned to do it.

Humans are capable of reason while animals are not. So the concept of what is moral or not, what is good or not can be applied to humans and not animals. Human should decide on reason while animals act with instinct.

well i think it does apply to animals..just the sense of insecurity and ill treatment from their childhood by humans or the creatures in their surrounding makes them bad..i have seen even wild animals being friendly with human beings..not one but many..just that humans have these powers doesn't mean that animals only act on instinct..good and bad does apply to them..well after all thats my view of looking at it..may be right may be wrong..!!

They are just following their instincts. That is correct. However, good and bad applies to animals but not in the same way for human. Animals spend their life like that as a result of bad things they have done in their past lives. Once they power of bad resultants is over they are entitled to another life of a different nature. Animals kill each other for safety and food. They don't cause any bad acts by doing it.

I think for animals in the wild that there really is no good or bad, they just do what it takes to survive. People do the same, some lie, cheat and steal, but they are just trying to survive (some of course are just bad :) ). I think that it changes when animals have the basics and then they steal are fighting and attacking. Like when a dog has a home, but even when they have good owners they break out and hurt or harm people, animals, and objects. That is when they are bad, the reason why I think that is because they are no longer just trying to survive, they are choosing to do these things for recreation. Like someone who has plenty of money but steals. When it is no longer about survival is when you can determine if anything is good or bad; people or animals.

It's not the concept of good and bad by which animals should be differenciated. Rather by animals which are safe to be around and those which are not. But at the same time as you have put it so rigthly, it should also be made clear about the need of the animals to protect themselves and their need for survival.

Hi pehpot, I agree with you the term good and bad does not apply to animals, but what about humans, do all people really understand the term and don't different cultures think differently? Blessings

I agree with you that animals don't apply about the concept of morality because they don't have this kind of instinct.. Only human being apply this kind of values.. Animals are just doing what they want to do or what they brain commands them to do.. They are not thinking whether it is good or bad.. As what you said, they just do it to save their life..

I agree that animals really have no concept of moral values but of course they are also capable of feelings that could lead also to such concepts. I remember a story of a lioness adopting a gazelle (or was it an antelope?)after its mother got killed. For me animals too are capable of sensing which is good or evil and that is embedded in their instinct.

I agree that animals have no concept of good or bad expeshally a dinosaurs lol.

Bad and good? I think no because animals are animals, they have no thinking and they are not capable of the logic we have, the animals if threatened act on their instinct, maybe if the animal is a pet, some of it will apply but if it is a wild animal I don't think so.

Good and Bad is a completely subjective thing anyway...The only reason people consider those animals actions 'BAD' Is because they may hurt you.... Bad is something which does not serve you personally! Noone thinks a cat is BAD because it eats mice, despite the action being the same as a T-rex eating us and both technically being as good or bad as the other.

Although you are right I can understand where you child is coming from as chidren don't learn this concept of good and bad with animals until they are much older . They need to be able to put things in terms that make sense to them and to your son a dinosaur would be bad because if they were still alive today they could hurt him and anything that could hurt him must be bad as we are always teaching our children that something that hurts is not a good thing but a bad thing . Animals do have some concept of good and bad because a cat does understand that is bad to pee on your floor or a dog does understand that you don't jump on people when they come in the door but when it comes to the dinosaurs and and eating to feed themselves then no the concept of good and bad would not apply :)

I totally agree with you. As human beings, we have a natural moral compass, sometimes called the conscience, which tells us what is good and bad. Even though no one educates us about it, I think we would know if something is wrong or right. Animals just don't have this. They live in order to survive. So they rely on their instincts to hunt and kill other animals.

hi pehpot, i don't think that we can group them into good and bad. it's in fact a part of ecosystem and in order to complete the cycle it needs to feed on other animals. like even humans are of two kinds, vegetarians ans non-vegetarians. it's simple. there is always a number for all the animals and to keep everything in proper proportions and is necessary to keep the cycle going on.

no it doesnt apply on them, maybe the cycle of life, the survival of the fitest

On the context of protecting themselves animals can not be classified as good and bad.But when it comes to love,some animals do behave oddly.I had a pet dog which attacked me once as I went near it while it was eating,I consider that animal to be as bad in nature,but the dog im having now is different even if I feed him, he will be comfortable with what im doing.I consider him as to have good manners.I dont know it makes sense or not,but a few pet animals are bad in the sense that they dont respect their masters.All this things suit only to pet animals and not wild animals.Thank you.

Yes its just pure instincts. But still I would say that there are good and bad animals. Well for example a trained dog vs a non-trained. A well behave dog vs a crazy one which destroys everything in your house. When this happens to you I think you'll also yell "bad dog! bad dog! Lol. I guess that makes that dog a bad one.