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Needs Quotes by Frans de Waal
- You need to indoctrinate empathy out of people in order to arrive at extreme capitalist positions.
- Why not assume that our humanity, including the self-control needed for livable societies, is built into us? Does anyone truly believe that our ancestors lacked…
- The fact that the apes exist and that we can study them is extremely important and makes us reflect on ourselves and our human nature.…
- I describe in 'Chimpanzee Politics' how the alpha male needs broad support to reach the top spot. He needs some close allies and he needs…
- I think we need to start thinking about grounding our moral systems in our biology.
- I'm personally a nonbeliever, so I'm struggling with if we really need religion.
- Empathy probably started out as a mechanism to improve maternal care. Mammalian mothers who were attentive to their young's needs were more likely to rear…
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