Primate studies have clearly shown that our cousins exhibit many of the same "moral" behaviors that we value.
In chimpanzee society (and remember, whether you believe in evolution or not, it's a curious scientific fact that they share 98.5% of our DNA), we see enforced norms against such behavior as stealing, murder and adultery. Do those three things happen occasionally in chimp society? Would you say chimps have religion? Then where do they get this innate morality?
Could it be that a genetic predisposition to "play by the rules" in the pursuit of individual and group harmony is what we have come to think of as morals?
2007-03-02 19:38:53 · 7 answers · asked by Brendan G 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
airily666:
http://www.nature.com/nature/focus/chimpgenome/index.html
2007-03-02 20:04:07 · update #1
Close, yes most humans are only at chimp morality, that could be called a level of consciousness. The highest level is that of complete love, selflessness and forgiveness....
evolution works towards unity and diversity,,,,, funny how humans are the most disruptive to this rule, soon we also will evolve to this standard and be more than that....
2007-03-02 19:49:58 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's more a matter of control rather than morals.
For example, the case of the executive chimpanzee.
Experiment: 2 chimps in 2 cages with 2 bars.
One chimp had an active bar and one chimp had a bar that did not function. They would receive electric shock at regular intervals several minutes apart.
The chimp with the active bar (the executive chimpanzee) could push the bar and stop the shock for both him and the other chimp. The other chimp could do nothing to stop the electric shock.
It was the executive chimpanzee that developed ulcers.
2007-03-02 19:42:43 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't if that is true but I wouldn't be surprised to see people displaying chimp animalism and chimp immorality. they more often display domination as in politics and sex ; and sometimes cannibalism .I'd like to see your source as it clearly differs from the facts that i've seen.primates share something like 68% DNA and human races differ in the 2 % or 3 % ratio.
2007-03-02 20:00:12 · answer #3 · answered by dogpatch USA 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-02 07:37:15 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Read In the Shadow of Man by Jane Goodall nuf said
2007-03-02 19:46:36 · answer #5 · answered by hobo 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes but have they got them a God yet and a monkey Jesus. Check it out and get back to me with our cousins progress.
2007-03-02 19:47:43 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.godandscience.org/apologetics/answers.html
http://www.chick.com/catalog/books/0123.asp#contents
2007-03-02 19:44:46 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋