Does Humanizing Animals a Have Social Utility? Commentator Mark Edington Considers...

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Do you ever say "my cat thinks he's a human"? Maybe it's actually you that thinks so. Commentator Mark Edington says the impulse to humanize pets or even ordinary objects might seem harmless - but there's a dangerous flip side -- the impulse to dehumanize people.  Mark Edington is an Episcopal priest and Executive Director of the Harvard Decision Science Laboratory.  He lives in Hardwick, MA.