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| pub_date = 1986<br />
| name = Adam's Task: Calling Animals by Name<br />
| publisher = Knopf<br />
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'''''Adam's Task: Calling Animals by Name''''' by philosopher, poet, and animal trainer [[Vicki Hearne]] describes a metaphysical approach to training animals.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Mershon |first=Katharine |year=2019 |title=The Theology of Dog Training in Vicki Hearne's Adam's Task |journal=Religions |volume=10 |issue=1 |page=25 |doi=10.3390/rel10010025 |doi-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Kakutani |first=Michiko |date=August 16, 1986 |title=Books of the Times; Not So Dumb Animals |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/08/16/books/books-of-the-times-not-so-dumb-animals.html}}</ref> In it, Hearne asserts that animals (specifically those that commonly cohabit or interact with humans) are more intelligent than assumed on average. She further asserts that they are capable of developing an understanding of "the good", a moral code that influences their motives and actions.<br />
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''Adam's Task'' was first published by [[Alfred A. Knopf|Knopf]] in 1986. It is now available from [[Skyhorse Publishing]] with a new introduction by [[Donald McCaig]].<br />
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