Arrogance Quote by Patricia Churchland

I don't believe that we evolved moral psychology; it just doesn't seem plausible to me as a biological phenomenon.

— Tom Stoppard

Although humans inherit a biological bias that permits them to feel anger, jealousy, selfishness and envy, and to be rude, aggressive or violent, they…

— Jerome Kagan

As a social primate species, we modulate our morals with signals from family, friends and social groups with whom we identify because in our…

— Michael Shermer

“Evolution, therefore, cannot account for the origin of our moral feelings, let alone for the fact that we all believe there are external moral…

— Timothy J. Keller

“Morality is an evolutionary adaption for any sentient species. Our survival is promoted by working together, and any group requires a moral code to…

— Jasper T. Scott

The moral, then, is that familiar categories of behavior - marriage customs, food taboos, folk superstitions, and so on - certainly do vary across…

— Steven Pinker

The extent to which human aggression exemplifies innate tendencies is not clear.

— B. F. Skinner

To observe morality is to attain mastery over our mind and our passions.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Morality is the weakness of the brain.

— Arthur Rimbaud

Evolution has no moral direction. An evolutionary understanding of human nature can explain the differing intuitions we have when we are faced with an…

— Peter Singer

We are naturally moral beings, but our environments can enhance - or, sadly, degrade - this innate moral sense.

— Paul Bloom

There is no morality by instinct. There is no social salvation in the end without taking thought; without mastery of logic and application of…

— Anonymous