Morality — Biological or Philosophical? 550
loid_void writes to mention The New York Times is reporting that Biologists are making a bid on the subject of morality. "Last year Marc Hauser, an evolutionary biologist at Harvard, proposed in his book 'Moral Minds' that the brain has a genetically shaped mechanism for acquiring moral rules, a universal moral grammar similar to the neural machinery for learning language. In another recent book, 'Primates and Philosophers,' the primatologist Frans de Waal defends against philosopher critics his view that the roots of morality can be seen in the social behavior of monkeys and apes."
The Beginning of Morality. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:No Kidding (Score:0, Funny)
I brought a lion to a party I went to once and that son of a bitch was anything but social.
Re:The Beginning of Morality. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:The Beginning of Morality. (Score:2, Funny)
Genetics (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Genetics (Score:4, Funny)
Only those in tech support.
Re:All well and good (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Genetics (Score:2, Funny)
Normally I would have plenty to say (Score:2, Funny)
Re:All well and good (Score:3, Funny)
So that's why I let my girlfriend take all my money...
Re:I think its Genetical actually.. (Score:3, Funny)
Mostly, because they're illegal.
Why are they illegal? Because they ruin peoples lives. Why do they ruin peopl... oh yeah, back to there again