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The moral elevation of animals: The case of “gorillas in the mist”

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Nash, J.E., Sutherland, A. The moral elevation of animals: The case of “gorillas in the mist”. Int J Polit Cult Soc 5, 111–126 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01390116

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