Moral behavior in animals | Frans de Waal

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rramadass · 2024-01 · Strong recommendation

I disagree because we are not doing it based on the Science we already know now; we can do much better. From behavioural psychology/social biology/game theory(Prisoner's dilemma) etc. we know Humans naturally have a in-group vs. out-group social structure. Within a group, cooperation with trust and fairness rules and competition is generally absent or if it exists is playful. The research by Frans de Waal ( [LINK] ) on Primate Social Behaviour (Cooperation/Fairness/Empathy/Reciprocity/etc.) is path-breaking. Here is one of his excellent must-watch Ted talks - [VIDEO] Machiavellian competition comes in only for "status"/"reward" within a group and is not the norm. Competition is more prevalent between groups. Thus if you look at a person in a organizational hierarchy, there are three immediate groups ; a) the people you report to (out group), b) your peers (in group, cooperation predominating, with maybe a little bit of playful competition), c) the people that report to you (in group, cooperation but with trust/fairness predominating). For everybody else we don't know and hence almost always respond with tit-for-tat principle. Finally there is also a need to understand what drives self-motivation. This is the natural order for Social Homo Sapiens as we understand from current knowledge. But none of this is being considered when measuring Performance/Productivity. For example, all Leaders/Managers almost always place Trust above everything else, Peers emphasize Fairness and the

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BeefWellington · 2021-08 · Strong recommendation

This is one of my favorite ted talks, on animal behaviour: [VIDEO] The examples of animals doing things the way they do are both funny and entertaining.

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acqq · 2019-04 · Strong recommendation

This is the video that explains the best how the "morality" is natural even in the capuchin monkeys: [LINK] So, no to those that claim that, humans aren't special, and no, the good sides of morality don't come from religion, especially not from the modern ones with a "jealous" god (killing homosexuals, or punishing women when not wearsing something, however, if that is considered "morality", indeed provably does come from religion). The whole talk: [VIDEO]

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