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ethics, evolution, morality
Morality is genetic
09.19.07 | Permalink | Comments Off on Morality is genetic

I’m fascinated by the slow but steady trickle of evolutionary studies of morality. (Here’s the latest. And here’s the quiz.) On the one hand, they’re just damn silly. Really, disgust evolved because we started to eat meat? I’ve seen dogs throw up out of disgust; I think it’s safe to say disgust isn’t unique to […]
morality, sleep
Better sleep means better person
03.01.07 | Permalink | Comments Off on Better sleep means better person

A new study suggests our scruples don’t work so well when we’re sleep deprived.
ethics, fashion, free-speech, hate-speech, morality, politically-correct
What you can’t say
08.02.06 | Permalink | Comments Off on What you can’t say

Are you morally fashionable?