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Frans de Waal

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Name: Frans de Waal

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Tracing the roots of human morality in animals

WHERE does morality come from? Throughout the history of Western civilisation, thinkers have usually answered either that it comes from God, or else through the application of reason.But in The Bonobo and the Atheist, primatologist Frans de Waal argues ... [Published New Scientist - May 20 2013]

Entities: Morality, Bonobo, Chimpanzee

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 2 reports

Book Talk: Of apes and atheists - is empathy evolution?

JOHANNESBURG, May 16 — For biologist Frans de Waal, a peaceful species of great ape in Africa is a mirror of humanity and a living argument that empathy and cooperation are far from unique to mankind. "The Bonobo and the Atheist: In Search of Humanism ... [Published The Malaysian Insider - May 16 2013]

Entities: Atheism, Evolution, Frans de Waal, Bonobo

First reported May 10 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 1 reports

Moral behavior in animals–Frans de Waal

At the Metta Center one of our favorite scientists is, without a doubt, Prof. Frans de Waal. In this short video, he offers some preliminary evidence to make the case for “morality from below,” that is, human beings have not “invented” justice, fairness, ... [Published The Metta Center - May 10 2013]

Entities: Chimpanzee, Frans de Waal, Morality

First reported May 10 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 1 reports

The Source of Morality Isn't God

It's maternal care. Frans de Waal , a famous primatologist and author of a new book called The Bonobo and the Atheist: In Search of Humanism Among the Primates: CNN: How would you say that ethics or morality is separate from religion? De Waal: Well, ... [Published The Stranger, Seattle's Only Newspaper - May 10 2013]

Entities: Morality, Oxytocin, Religion

First reported May 06 2013 - Updated May 06 2013 - 1 reports

The Weekend Wrap

This weekend on the Dish, Andrew addressed Niall Ferguson’s offensive comments about John Maynard Keynes’ homosexuality, following-up by musing on quotes from both Burke and Keynes on capitalism. We also provided our usual eclectic mix religious, ... [Published The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan - May 06 2013]

Entities: Olive Senior, Russell D. Moore, John Berryman

First reported May 06 2013 - Updated May 06 2013 - 2 reports

Seeing Ourselves In Other Species

Primatologist Frans de Waal challenges Christian assumptions about animals:It’s an old Christian idea that humans have souls and animals don’t. I sometimes think it’s because our religions arose in a desert environment in which there were no primates, ... [Published Atlantic Monthly - May 06 2013]

Entities: Chimpanzee, Species, Religion

First reported May 05 2013 - Updated May 05 2013 - 2 reports

Missouri University of Science and Technology

Temptation

Editor’s Note: Nir Eyal writes about the intersection of psychology, technology, and business at NirAndFar.com . Follow him @nireyal .How do products tempt us? What makes them so alluring? It is easy to assume we crave delicious food or impulsively ... [Published TechCrunch - May 05 2013]

Entities: Tylenol, Neuroscience, Frans de Waal, Missouri University of Science and Technology

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 1 reports

Essay: Rhesus pieces

Harvard Medical School announced last week that come 2015, it will shutter its primary monkey-research laboratory, citing funding cuts as the reason for the primate center?s closing. But animal-rights groups the world over are clamoring for the credit, ... [Published Sacramento News & Review - May 02 2013]

Entities: University of California Davis, Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Harvard University, Frans de Waal, Bonobo

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 29 2013 - 1 reports

A Monkey's Humorous Response to Unequal Pay

Earlier this month, TED posted an excerpt from a recent talk by Dr. Frans de Waal, a Dutch primatologist and ethologist. He has in the past performed a number of studies examining primate social behavior, particularly regarding empathy and cooperatio ... [Published Jezebel - Apr 29 2013]

Entities: Frans de Waal, YouTube LLC

First reported Apr 28 2013 - Updated Apr 28 2013 - 1 reports

Sideswipe: April 29: A Topp Triplet

Sensible advice is lost in translationIan and Pam Young were intrigued to see this in a users' manual downloaded for a new fridge: "Install the refrigerator on the solid and level floor. Installing it on the unstable place may cause death by falling down ... [Published New Zealand Herald - Apr 28 2013]

Entities: champagne, Frans de Waal, Zirconium, colonoscopy, Mad Men

First reported Apr 27 2013 - Updated Apr 27 2013 - 1 reports

Occupy Monkey

A friend posted this on Facebook and I thought it was pretty interesting: This comes from the end of an 18 minute TED talk on morality and religion which Frans de Waal gave in 2011. You can see the full clip here . ... [Published Breitbart Feed - Apr 27 2013]

Entities: Frans de Waal, Morality, Religion

First reported Apr 27 2013 - Updated Apr 27 2013 - 1 reports

Monkeys imitate local food norms, study finds

The maxim, 'When in Rome, do as the Romans do' also applies to non-human primates, as scientists discover that wild monkeys have an ability to imitate the social eating behavior of other groups of monkeys. The tendency to adapt to cultural behaviors in ... [Published Christian Science Monitor - Apr 27 2013]

Entities: Corn, University of St Andrews, Carel van Schaik, Chlorocebus

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Tracing the roots of human morality in animals [Published New Scientist - May 20 2013]
Book Talk: Of apes and atheists - is empathy ev... [Published The Malaysian Insider - May 16 2013]
Book Talk: Of apes and atheists – is empathy ev... [Published FaithWorld - May 16 2013]
Speech by Anthony Lake, UNICEF Executive Direct... [Published UNICEF - May 14 2013]
The Weekly Wrap [Published The Daily Dish \| By Andrew Sullivan - May 11 2013]
Moral behavior in animals–Frans de Waal [Published The Metta Center - May 10 2013]
The Source of Morality Isn't God [Published The Stranger, Seattle's Only Newspaper - May 10 2013]
The Weekend Wrap [Published The Daily Dish \| By Andrew Sullivan - May 06 2013]
Seeing Ourselves In Other Species [Published Atlantic Monthly - May 06 2013]
Seeing Ourselves In Other Species [Published The Daily Dish \| By Andrew Sullivan - May 06 2013]
Mary Gordon on teaching empathy: Start young an... [Published Globe and Mail - May 05 2013]
Temptation [Published TechCrunch - May 05 2013]
Temptation [Published TechCrunch - May 05 2013]
Essay: Rhesus pieces [Published Sacramento News & Review - May 02 2013]
A Monkey's Humorous Response to Unequal Pay [Published Jezebel - Apr 29 2013]
Carl Welser: Sense and nonsense, order and chaos [Published Livingston Daily.com - Apr 29 2013]
Sideswipe: April 29: A Topp Triplet [Published New Zealand Herald - Apr 28 2013]
Occupy Monkey [Published Breitbart Feed - Apr 27 2013]
Monkeys imitate local food norms, study finds [Published Christian Science Monitor - Apr 27 2013]
Imagine No Religion. Here's What It Looks Like. [Published Big Think - Apr 20 2013]
The new anti-atheists [Published American Enterprise Institute - Apr 19 2013]
1906 Earthquake remembrance and other San Franc... [Published San Francisco Examiner - Apr 18 2013]
Atheists, the Next Generation: Unbelief Moves F... [Published PublishersWeekly.com - Apr 13 2013]
The Brains of the Animal Kingdom [Published 3quarksdaily - Mar 24 2013]
The Brains of the Animal Kingdom [Published WSJ.com: What's News Asia - Mar 22 2013]
Do Monkeys Understand Unequal Pay? (Video) [Published The Young Turks - YouTube - Feb 21 2013]
7 talks on monkeys, and 7 talks on mind control [Published TED Blog - Feb 18 2013]
Chimps Learn Tool Use Via 'Social Learning,' St... [Published The Huffington Post \| Full News Feed - Feb 03 2013]
Cultured chimpanzees [Published 3quarksdaily - Jan 29 2013]
Chimpanzees have 'sense of fairness' [Published Telegraph - Jan 15 2013]

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Book Talk: Of apes and atheists – is empathy ev... [Published FaithWorld - May 16 2013] (Bonobo apes, primates unique to Congo and humankind’s closest relative, groom one another at a sanctuary just outside the capital Kinshasa, October 31, 2006. REUTERS/Finbarr O’Reilly) For biologist Frans de Waal, a peaceful species of great ape ...
The Weekly Wrap [Published The Daily Dish \| By Andrew Sullivan - May 11 2013] Friday on the Dish, Andrew further pondered the brutality surrounding the Gitmo hunger strike, challenged Leon Wieseltier’s moralizing on Syria, and separated out the scandal from the politicking in the Benghazi fiasco. He, weighed in on the ...
Moral behavior in animals–Frans de Waal [Published The Metta Center - May 10 2013] At the Metta Center one of our favorite scientists is, without a doubt, Prof. Frans de Waal. In this short video, he offers some preliminary evidence to make the case for “morality from below,” that is, human beings have not “invented” justice, fairness, ...
The Source of Morality Isn't God [Published The Stranger, Seattle's Only Newspaper - May 10 2013] It's maternal care. Frans de Waal , a famous primatologist and author of a new book called The Bonobo and the Atheist: In Search of Humanism Among the Primates: CNN: How would you say that ethics or morality is separate from religion? De Waal: Well, ...
The Weekend Wrap [Published The Daily Dish \| By Andrew Sullivan - May 06 2013] This weekend on the Dish, Andrew addressed Niall Ferguson’s offensive comments about John Maynard Keynes’ homosexuality, following-up by musing on quotes from both Burke and Keynes on capitalism. We also provided our usual eclectic mix religious, ...

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Do Monkeys Understand Unequal Pay? (Video) [Published The Young Turks - YouTube - Feb 21 2013]