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Scientist Finds the Beginnings of Morality in Primate Behavior

The brain has a genetically shaped mechanism for acquiring moral rules, similar to the neural machinery for learning language, according to Harvard evolutionary biologis Marc Hauser. Some animals are surprisingly sensitive to the plight of others... Read more
Published Wednesday, March 21, 2007 9:47 PM by KurzweilAI.net Accelerating Intelligence News

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