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Being Right About Right and Wrong
Published 2 years, 3 months ago
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Ethicists who believe in evolution are trying to figure out an evolutionary explanation for why people universally have a sense of right and wrong. This line of study is so new that it doesn't yet have a name, although some have suggested "neuroethics" or "moral neuroscience".
Ref: Discover, 4/04, pp. 60-65, Carl Zimmer, "Whose Life Would You Save?" Photo: portrait of Immanuel Kant.(PD)