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Cosmic Log - How monkeys handle moral outrage

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:41:04 +0000

When Occupy Wall Street and similar protests played out over the past year, the phenomenon looked familiar to Emory University primatologist Frans de Waal: He's seen similar moral outrage over economic inequity expressed by monkeys and chimps. And he thinks we could learn a lesson or two from our fellow primates.

Tags: #evolution #imported:pinboard #morality #philosophy #primates #religion #science

Alas, a blog » Blog Archive » Do they really believe that abortion is murder?

Sat, 14 Jul 2007 23:12:42 +0000

"pro-choicers tend to think that the abortion criminalization movement is motivated by a desire - perhaps an unconscious desire - to punish women for having sex."

Tags: #abortion #morality #politics

The Yuk-Factor

Tue, 17 Apr 2007 05:38:14 +0000

"Habit and familiarity have a great deal (though not everything) to do with what people find disgusting but very little to do with ethics. ... Disgust is good clean fun and provides endless amusement for children, but it's worthless as a moral compass."

Tags: #ethics #morality #philosophy

Den of the Biting Beaver: Morality clauses, EC, and broken condoms

Sat, 23 Sep 2006 00:32:26 +0000

"I live in rural Ohio and I have been denied EC. "

Tags: #abortion #contraception #emergencycontraception #health #medicine #morality #morons #pregnancy

Religion and Morality: A Contradiction Explained.

Fri, 03 Jun 2005 20:07:13 +0000

"They discriminate, exclude and belittle. They make a virtue of closed-mindedness and virulent ignorance. They are an ugly, violent lot." Amen.

Tags: #christianity #morality #religion #science