By Dr David Whitehouse
BBC News Online science editor
Monkeys have a sense of justice. They will protest if they see another monkey get paid more for the same task.
Monkeys display sense of justice Researchers taught brown capuchin monkeys to swap tokens for food. Usually they were happy to exchange this "money" for cucumber.
But if they saw another monkey getting a grape - a more-liked food - they took offence. Some refused to work, others took the food and refused to eat it.
Scientists say this work suggests that human's sense of justice is inherited and not a social construct.
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My comment: It seems some tenants of Conservative philosophy are contrary to the laws of nature ...
3 comments:
LOL, I love this story Joe. I saw this the other day in the News as well. My Union member husband got a kick out of this story.
You're right about the Conservative philosophy being contrary to the laws of nature, and the sense of justice as well!
Conservative philosophy, its amorous fascination toward unrestricted and unregulated, so-called free enterprise capitalism coupled with its disdain toward anyone who is not "like them" could very easily have been lifted from a defense of career choices made by Henry Morgan, Blackbeard or Long John Silver.
J
PS. Thx for the comments :-)
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