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Lesson 6: What does the Trolley Dilemma show us about human morality?

Lesson 5: In the Jonathan Haidt Ted Talk in lesson 5, he entertains that the “staircase” may be an evolutionary adaptation.

Lesson 6: What are the significance of mirror neurons?

Lesson 5: In the Lesson 5 film called Where do Morals Come From?, Alex, the narrator, flatly rejects the idea of Singer’s expanding Moral Circle.

Lesson 6: In the article Whose Life Would You Save? the research of Joshua Greene is discussed. Which statement fits best with the article?

Lesson 6: What part of the brain might account for psychopathic behavior, according to a film in Lesson 6 (Ted TalK on altruism)?

Lesson 5: According to the Evolution and Morality article by Dr. Boeree, the author states that:

Lesson 5: In the Nicholas Wade article on the beginning of morality in primates, it mentions the primatologist Frans de Waal. What does de Waal argue?    

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.