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• mohit - Mar 22 2007 | news, chimps, ethics, morality, evolution, science

  Interesting. It *appears* that dogs console others as well...but no mention in the article.

  Quoted: Dr. Frans de Waal argues that human morality would be impossible without certain emotional building blocks that are clearly at work in chimp and monkey societies.
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  To console another, Dr. de Waal argues, requires empathy and a level of self-awareness that only apes and humans seem to possess. And consideration of empathy quickly led him to explore the conditions for morality.

  • akabagel - Mar 22 2007
    

    If you find this topic interesting, I recommend 'The Origins of Virtue' by Matt Ridley

    http://www.amazon.com/Origins-Virtue-Instincts-Evolution-Cooperation/dp/0140264450/ref=sr_1_1/104-8920643-0261529?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1174580349&sr=8-1
• ljc - Mar 20 2007 | book, animals, ethics

  moral philosophers vs monkeys: round 1 - ding!

  Quoted: Moral philosophers do not take very seriously the biologists’ bid to annex their subject

  • marci - Mar 21 2007
    

    cool article. i think dogs are capable of comforting other critters.

  • ljc - Mar 22 2007
    

    other critters? you mean like, squirrels?