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What is moral dumbfounding?
Insisting a behavior is wrong yet being unable to articulate why.
What did Immanuel Kant believe about human kindness?
There is little value in it
What happens after two primates fight and a bystander watches?
The bystander will hug the loser for consolation.
What are the two pillars of human morality?
Empathy and reciprocity.
Which famous scientist believed that animals could develop a sense of morality and conscience?
Charles Darwin
Grooming is an example of what?
Reciprocity.
What is Veneer Theory?
The idea that our moral lives are a thin layer that covers a more selfish and brutish nature.
Which type of animal does the author study?
Chimpanzees
What animals have provided the best experimental evidence to date of animal empathy?
Rats
What is considered the new taboo?
Emotions
what other prosocial characteristics did the rats in the experiment exhibit?
Sharing the chocolate.
From the video, what motivated the rat to free the fellow rat instead of gaining access to the chocolate?
Empathy