#573 - Dr Victor Kumar - How Did Human Morality Evolve?

<p>Dr Victor Kumar is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Boston University, part of the Mind & Morality Lab's Moral Psychology Research Group and an author.</p> <p>Morality might seem like something that exists independently of humans. Things are either good or bad, the current evolutionary state humans in in should not impact this judgement. Yet it seems that culture and evolution heavily influenced each other, and they influenced morality too.</p> <p>Expect to learn why Asian people get red faces when they drink alcohol, which moral emotions can be detected in chimpanzees,  why sympathy can be seen as investment advice, how come some people can consume milk and others can't, whether moral grandstanding and performative empathy on Twitter can be explained by evolution, the reason for altruism existing and much more...</p> <p><strong style= "font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;"> Sponsors:</strong></p> <p class="p1">Get 83% discount & 3 months free from Surfshark VPN at <a href= "https://surfshark.deals/MODERNWISDOM"><span class= "s1">https://surfshark.deals/MODERNWISDOM</span></a> (use code MODERNWISDOM)</p> <p class="p1">Get 5 Free Travel Packs, Free Liquid Vitamin D and more from Athletic Greens at <a href= "https://athleticgreens.com/modernwisdom"><span class= "s1">https://athleticgreens.com/modernwisdom</span></a> (discount automatically applied)</p> <p class="p1">Get 20% discount on House Of Macadamias’ nuts at <a href="https://houseofmacadamias.com/modernwisdom"><span class= "s1">https://houseofmacadamias.com/modernwisdom</span></a> (use code MW20)</p> <p class="p1"><strong style= "font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;"> Extra Stuff:</strong></p> <p>Buy A Better Ape - <a href= "https://amzn.to/3WZM4qO">https://amzn.to/3WZM4qO</a> </p> <p>Check out Victor's website - <a href= "http://www.victorkumar.org/"