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When humans behave murderously, such as inflicting senseless slaughter of innocents in warfare, we like to blame it on some dark, 'animalistic' instinct.

~Frans De Waal

Topics: Behave Blame Dark Humans Innocents Instinct Like Senseless Slaughter Some Warfare

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I think we need to start thinking about grounding our moral systems in our biology.

~Frans De Waal

Topics: About Biology Grounding Moral Need Our Start Systems Think Thinking I Think

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Religions have a strong binding function and a cohesive element. They emphasize the primacy of the community as opposed to the individual, and they also help set one community apart from another that doesn't share their beliefs.

~Frans De Waal

Topics: Also Another Apart Beliefs Binding Community Element Emphasize Function Help Individual Opposed Religions Set Share Strong

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The primate laugh is given in playful contexts, and as such has a strong similarity to the human laugh.

~Frans De Waal

Topics: Given Human Laugh Playful Similarity Strong

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Understanding the need for religion is a far superior goal to bashing it.

~Frans De Waal

Topics: Far Goal Need Religion Superior Understanding

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There are many reasons for kindness, and religion is just one of them.

~Frans De Waal

Topics: Just Just One Kindness Many Reasons Religion Them

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We need to separate the process of evolution - which is, indeed, a self-serving process - and the actual motivations of animals.

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Topics: Actual Animals Evolution Indeed Motivations Need Process Self-Serving Separate Which

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The more self-aware an animal is, the more empathetic it tends to be.

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Topics: Animal Empathetic More Tends

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Although elephants are far more distantly related to us than the great apes, they seem to have evolved similar social and cognitive capacities.

~Frans De Waal

Topics: Although Ape Capacities Cognitive Elephants Evolved Far Great More Related Seem Similar Social Than Us

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There has been so much underestimating of animal cognition that to perhaps overestimate it, as I probably do, is probably a healthy reaction.

~Frans De Waal

Topics: Animal Been Healthy Much Overestimate Perhaps Reaction

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Biography

Nationality: Dutch

Type: Scientist

Born: October 29th, 1948

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