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Lesson 5: In the film in Lesson 5 called Where do Morals Come From?, Alex, the narrator, explains two types of altruism: reciprocal altruism and kin altruism. Match the following with the correct response. Kin altruism has 2 matches and Reciprocal altruism has two 2 matches.

Lesson 5: In the Ted Talk by Jonathan Haidt, the psychologist argues that one of the most powerful forces in the world is human cooperation.

Lesson 5: Jonathan Haidt in his Ted Talk argues that Darwin’s understanding, as presented in the Descent of Man, only explains human’s experience of the profane but it does not explain human’s experience of the sacred.

Lesson 5: According to the article Darwin’s Moral Sense Wallace and Darwin differ in their understanding of morality. How do they differ?

Lesson 5: According to the reading on Evolutionary Ethics, Darwin accepts the greatest-happiness principle (a form of utilitarianism) as a standard of right and wrong.  

According to Aquinas, morality is determined by the arbitrary “will of God” and he rejected the concept of a natural law ethic.

What is the Jain principle of “anekantavada” about? (This was covered in the reading and in one film)

Lesson 5: According to the Dr. Boeree (Evolutionary Ethics), there are three types of instincts. What are they?

Which statement fits with Plato (according to the School of Life film)?

The film on Ahimsa discussed the two minute argument. In the film it suggests that we live in a dog eat dog world and it is our natural instinct (it surfaces in two minutes) to confront, challenge, abuse and there is little we can do to curb this natural instinct.