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

Published: Jan. 7, 2023, 6 a.m.

b"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.\\nMorality 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.\\nExpect to learn why Asian people get red faces when they drink alcohol, which moral emotions can be detected in chimpanzees,\\xa0why 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...\\nSponsors:\\nGet 83% discount & 3 months free from Surfshark VPN at\\xa0https://surfshark.deals/MODERNWISDOM\\xa0(use code\\xa0MODERNWISDOM)\\nGet 5 Free Travel Packs, Free Liquid Vitamin D and more from Athletic Greens at https://athleticgreens.com/modernwisdom (discount automatically applied)\\nGet 20% discount on House Of Macadamias\\u2019 nuts at https://houseofmacadamias.com/modernwisdom (use code MW20)\\nExtra Stuff:\\nBuy A Better Ape - https://amzn.to/3WZM4qO\\xa0\\nCheck out Victor's website - http://www.victorkumar.org/\\xa0\\nGet my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die \\u2192 https://chriswillx.com/books/\\nTo support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom\\n-\\nGet in touch.\\nInstagram:\\xa0https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx\\nTwitter:\\xa0https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx\\nYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast\\nEmail: https://chriswillx.com/contact/\\xa0\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices"