http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/ecology/monkeys-have-morals-after-all/8037 for environmentalists who don't take themselves too seriously Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:41:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/ecology/monkeys-have-morals-after-all/8037/comment-page-1#comment-173190 Courtney Fri, 27 Feb 2009 01:42:28 +0000 http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/?p=8037#comment-173190 This sparked an interest as soon as I read the title. It is hard to imagine how anything other than humans can make moral decisions. (Although sometimes not even humans think of the moral consequences of an action.) Over time we have discovered just how closely we are related to primates and it is so cool. I am very intrigued to look up more information on this theory. This sparked an interest as soon as I read the title. It is hard to imagine how anything other than humans can make moral decisions. (Although sometimes not even humans think of the moral consequences of an action.) Over time we have discovered just how closely we are related to primates and it is so cool. I am very intrigued to look up more information on this theory.

]]> http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/ecology/monkeys-have-morals-after-all/8037/comment-page-1#comment-172642 Moni Wed, 25 Feb 2009 01:17:40 +0000 http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/?p=8037#comment-172642 I think what this article is about is monkey ethics, not monkey morals. The monkey is pissed because it's unfair that another monkey got more, for the same amount of work, not because Jesus told him that all monkeys shall be rewarded equally for an equal amount of work. Morals and ethics are very different things - morality is most often used as an excuse for a person to act unethically. I think what this article is about is monkey ethics, not monkey morals. The monkey is pissed because it’s unfair that another monkey got more, for the same amount of work, not because Jesus told him that all monkeys shall be rewarded equally for an equal amount of work. Morals and ethics are very different things – morality is most often used as an excuse for a person to act unethically.

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