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Sep 2, 2021 1 hr 7 min

How human values evolve? with Frans De Waal

from Reason with Science Hosted by Jitender Kumar

This episode is with Frans De Waal. He is a professor in Emory University's psychology department and the Director of the Living Links Center at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center. He is the author of several popular books like 'Chimpanzee politics', The age of empathy' and 'The bonobo and the atheist'. His latest book is 'Different: gender through the eyes of a primatologist'. More about Frans's work: https://www.emory.edu/LIVING_LINKS/people/dewaal.shtml List of his books: https://www.amazon.com/Frans-De-Waal/e/B000APOHE0/ref=aufs_dp_mata_dsk Episode links: Website: https://www.reasonwithscience.com/home/how-human-values-evolve-with-frans-de-waal Youtube: https://youtu.be/liNH1h8lZN4 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2i8GktbaqgXDJQMPPiWYil?si=57d5f213d9c54bb2 Apple podcast: https://podcastsconnect.apple.com/my-podcasts/show/reason-with-science/407cd478-4271-4319-8318-fc378d4e7ccb/episode/how-human-values-evolve-with-frans-de-waal/fc5141bc-2820-4f39-9f8b-443e571546c5 Google podcast: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy9iMjMyNDZlOC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw/episode/YTI5OGE5NjMtZGNmMy00ZTRmLTllMzMtYmY1NjdkZmZmOWYw?sa=X&ved=0CAUQkfYCahcKEwiY97-TiM76AhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQLA Follow Reason with Science: Website: https://www.reasonwithscience.com/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/reasonwithscience Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5qFLGsPWjL4GAGidmF2nKh Apple podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/reason-with-science/id1641776894 Google podcast: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy9iMjMyNDZlOC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw Timestamps: 00:00:00 Welcome and introduction 00:00:35 Journey of Frans De Waal 00:01:58 Why to study animals? 00:04:51 Are humans rational? 00:07:31 Evolution of blind faith? 00:09:04 What is the foundation of morality? 00:12:15 What is reciprocity? 00:14:41 Importance of reciprocity in societies 00:16:00 Do hierarchies exist? What is their need in the society? 00:19:48 Where is the power in a hierarchy? 00:21:28 Bonobos and the matriarchy! 00:24:34 Unconscious bias 00:28:07 Luit: an alpha male targeted by a coup in the colony 00:31:07 Do animals grieve? 00:33:13 Consciousness and Sentience 00:36:49 Do we need zoo's? 00:38:46 Chimp Haven: A project for chimpanzee's released for research labs 00:40:38 Future of farm animals 00:42:43 Saving animals from poaching 00:44:01 International orangutan day 00:44:57 Questions from Dr. Kavyashree Manjunath 00:48:36 Question from Dr. Devendra Mohan Mathur 00:50:58 Questions from Dr. Neha Shukla 00:55:59 Question from Dr. Manu Sharma 00:57:19 Question from Anna Papageorgiou 01:00:00 Question from Reema Masey 01:01:55 Question from Dr. Sara bologna 01:04:04 Question from Dr. Sreetama Bhadra 01:06:12 Upcoming book and farewell #morality #religion #reasonwithscience

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