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Are You as Kind as a Macaque?

Posted by Alisa Mullins at 5:27 AM | Permalink | Comments (10)

Nearly 50 years ago, a now-infamous study by Stanley Milgram, Ph.D., revealed that most people would administer what they believed were painful shocks to another person if an authority figure ordered them to do so. The shocks weren’t real–but the test subjects didn’t know that. Most kept on administering “shocks” long after the …

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Honesty and Jealousy: A Canine Soap Opera

Posted by Steve Martindale at 5:19 AM | Permalink | Comments (5)

Is my dog Tipsy always honest? Well, no. Honesty implies a refusal to lie, cheat, or steal in any way. She’s quite good at lying and stealing, even cheating. She employs a wide variety of plots and ploys to swipe toys from my other dog, Buster, who is gullible to …

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Posted to Family & Friends | Posted to Tags: dog, ethics, morality, Steve Martindale

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