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Born To Be Good

The new science of emotions--and how compassion, mirth, embarrassment and awe bring out the good in others and in ourselves.
by Dacher Keltner
Dacher Keltner is a Professor of Psychology at UC Berkeley and author of Born to Be Good. See full bio
February 11, 2009

Darwin's Touch: Survival of the Kindest

Two hundred years ago on February 12, Adam Gopnik writes in Angels and Ages: A Short Book About Darwin, Lincoln, and Modern Life, two pebbles -- Charles Darwin and Abraham Lincoln -- were dropped into the sea of life. Their ideas and forms of eloquence have redirected the currents of humanity. Read More

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Morality Basics

For a topic as subjective a morality, people sure have strong beliefs about what's right and wrong. Yet even though they can vary from person to person and culture to culture, many are practically universal, as they result from basic human emotions. We may think of moralizing as an intellectual exercise, but more frequently it's an attempt to make sense of our gut instincts.

Go to the Morality Basics page for more on Morality including:
  • Vice and Virtue
  • The Neuroscience of Morality
  • Teaching and Enforcing Morality
  • Evil
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