I think the closest thing to this in animals is altruistic behavior. In biology, altruism refers to behaviour by an individual that increases the fitness of another individual while decreasing the fitness of the actor. In other words, animal A will do something good for animal B with no benefit gained. Sort of like what humans do when they adapt animals as pets. Unlike our conscious effort to help others, this type of help exhibited by animals is not evaluated in moral terms - it is the consequences of an action for reproductive fitness that determine whether the action is considered altruistic, not the intentions, if any, with which the action is performed. (source below)
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First, sorry if you don't undestand me because English is not my native language.
Second... I understand that humans and nonhumans animals developed positive strategies to preserve the species and we call it morality. For this reason we can find "good" behaviors in another species, but are this animals concious of this? I think that if they don't have theory of mind then no. Am I wrong? I'm here to learn!
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