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Morals,ApesandUsHowmuchdoweknowaboutusandothercreatures?Primates灵长类•Moraladj.[onlybeforenoun]•Relatingtorightandwrongandthewaypeopleshouldbehave–
Moralstandards/principles/values/behaviour–Moraldilemma–Moralobligation/duty–Amoralperson(apersonalwaystriestobe
haveintherightway)Synonym:ethicalAboutMoral•Moralnoun•Morals:principlesofrightorwrongbehaviorthataregener
allyacceptedbyasociety–Havemorals•Somethingthatyoucanlearnfromastoryorexperience–moralofAboutMoral•“Thefactthatmanknowsrightfromwrongproveshisinte
llectualsuperioritytotheothercreatures;butthefactthathecandowrongproveshismoralinferioritytoanycreaturethatcannot”(MarkT
wain).AboutMoral•Basedonwhatyouhaveresearchedandyourexperiencewithanimals,doyouthinkBinti,thegorilla
savedthethree-year-oldboyoutofempathy(pity)orinstinct?Giveyourreasons.Pre-readingDiscussionReadingTasks•Whatisthewriter’spurposeofwritingthisartic
le?•Doesthewriterbasedhisargumentsonfirst-handmaterial?•Howmanyexperimentshavebeenconductedinthearticle,drawatableabouteachexper
imentwithinformationabouttheexperimenter,objective,procedureandfindingsorconclusions?experiments12345exper
imenterUniversityofZurichEthologistEduardStammbachwriterobjectiveTesttheirabilitytoreininaggressivebeha
viorandactcooperativelyprocedureFirst,once,then,during,ResultsorfindingsDominantonesInhibittheiraggressionDiscussionquestions•Findoutt
hetrainofthoughtofthewriter?•Workouttheoutlineofthewriting•Doyouthinkthewriters’argumentsareconvincing?•Howdo
youunderstand“butusinganexpressiontopredictaresponseisnotthesameasseeingtheexpressionasanindicationofanother’semotionsatthetime.(pa
ra.15)”?•Howdoyouthinkof“wecanconsciouslyevaluatewhetherbehaviorisrightorwrong…entwinedwiththeself-interestshownbyotheranim
als.”?(Para.20)•(1-4)Putforwardthethesis:canothercreaturesshare,cooperate,punishcheaters,showempathy,andac
taltruistically?•(5-19)Experimentsshowanimalsarebynomeansrobotsdrivensolelybyinstinctualresponsesbutnoexperimenttodatehasprovidedevidencet
hatanimalsareawareofothers’beliefsorintentions,sotherecanbenoethicaljudgment.•(20)conclusion:Askingwhatitmeanstobemoralchallenge
sustothinkabouthowourowncapacityformoralagencycameabout.StructureAnalysis•(1-4)Putforwardthethesis:canothercreaturesshar
e,cooperate,punishcheaters,showempathy,andactaltruistically?–(1)Aneventcapturepeople’sattention:afemalegorillarescuedanunconscious3-year-
oldboy–(2)Peoplewonderaboutwhygorilladidthis–(3)Sofar,theanswerisnotclear.–(4)Thewriter’swayoftacklingthebroadlyconcernedquestiono
fwhatmentaltraitscauseustobehavemorallyandtowhatextentotheranimalspossessthosetools.StructureAnalysis•(5-6)Anexperimenttestsmacaquemo
nkeys’abilitytoreininaggressivebehaviorandactcooperatively.–(5)introducetheproceduresoftheexperiment–(6)Theresultoftheexperiment:although
themonkeyswouldcontroltheiraggressivebehaviorandactcooperatively,theirpositioninthecommunitywouldnotchange.•Atfirst,threaten…to
keepthemaway•Then,learn…followandwaitedtograb•Beforelong,approachedpeacefullyandallowed…•Further…grooming…evenduring…
StructureAnalysis•(7-8)Inhibitionplaysacrucialroleinmaintainingsocialconventionsamongthem.–(7)monkeyshavearudimentary
senseofownershipandrespectforproperty.–(8)Bydefendingandrespectingtheownershipandproperty,themonkeysintheexperimentshowshowinh
ibitionplaysacrucialroleinmaintainingsocialconventionsamongthem.StructureAnalysis•(9-10)Experimentstestedthepossibilitythatrule-breakersinacommunityw
ouldbepunished.–(9)Throughthefirstexperiment,itseemsthatindividualswerebeingpunishedforbeinginappropriatelysilen
t,fordeceptivelywithholdinginformationaboutarichfoodsource.–(10)outsiderswon’tbeattackedthusindicates:membersofanestabli
shedrhesuscommunityabidebyarulethatsays:attackmembersthatfindfoodanddon’tshareit.StructureAnalysis•(5-10)Research
indicatesthatanimalscaninhibittheirimpulsesandpunishthosewhoviolatecommunityrules.–(5-6)Anexperimenttestsma
caquemonkeys’abilitytoreininaggressivebehaviorandactcooperatively–(7-8)Inhibitionplaysacrucialroleinmaintaini
ngsocialconventionsamongthem.–(9-10)Experimentstestedthepossibilitythatrule-breakersinacommunitywouldbepunished.StructureAnal
ysis•(11)ToproveBinti’sbehavioroutofempathy,scientistshavetoprovethatanimalsunderstandthethoughtsandfeelingsofothe
rs.(transition)StructureAnalysis•(12-16)ManyExperimentsdonebeforehaveprovidedawindowonanimalemotionthathasyet
tobeopenedbymorerecentscientificobservations.•(13)oneexperimentwasdesignedtoseeifamonkeycouldinterpretanothermonkey
’sfacialexpression.•(14)theassumptionundertheexperimentanditsresult•(15)usinganexpressiontopredictaresponseisnotthesameasseein
gtheexpressionasindicationofanother’semotions.•(16)wecouldnotprovemonkey’sresponseismotivatedbyempathy.StructureAnalysis•(17-
18)Theexperimentshowsanimalstendedtoshowaltruisticbehaviortoeachother.Buttherearemorepossibilityfortheiraltruism.
•(19)Analysisandconclusionoftheexperiments:sincenoexperimenttodatehasprovidedevidencethatanimalsareaware
ofothers’beliefsorintentions,therecanbenoethicaljudgment.•(20)conclusion:Askingwhatismeanstobemoralchallengesustot
hinkabouthowourowncapacityformoralagencycameabout.StructureAnalysisReadingScholarlywriting•Subject:someaspectofhistory,sociology,poli
ticalphilosophy,literarycriticism,ormanyotherfields.•Afairlyhighdegreeofformality–avoidcolloquialism–Useofformalwordsandterms–Highlyvariedand
longandcomplexsentencestructures•Aconcernforclearpresentationofmaterialandargument,resultingincarefullogicallinki
ngofparagraphsandsentences.•Andtodate,nostudyofapeintelligencecomesclosetoshowingthatorangutans,gorill
as,orchimpanzeeshavethementalsophisticationofa10-year-oldhuman.(Para.3)LanguagePointsnearlyshowComplexintellectualability•Andoneincidenti
snotenoughtowarrantconclusions.(Para.3)LanguagePointsVt.Provideadequategroundsfor/justify•ButBinti’sactionsdoraisethepublicandscientificinteres
tinthebroadquestionofwhatmentaltraitscauseustobehavemorallyandtowhatextentotheranimalpossessthosetools.(Para.4)LanguagePointsDi
stinctivefeaturesofthemindProvoke/bringaboutthepublic’saswellasthescientists’interestinActintherightway•Asa
psychologist,I’minterestedinthetechniquesweusetogetatthesequestions:Canothercreaturesshare,cooperate,punishcheaters,showempathy,andactaltruisti
cally.(Para.4)LanguagePointsInawaythatshowsyoucareaboutotherpeopleandtheirinterestsmorethanyoucareaboutyourselfundersta
ndpity•Ina1988study,UniversityofZurichethologistEduardStammbachsetupanexperimentwithlong-tailedmacaquemonkeystotesttheirabil
itytoreininaggressivebehaviorandactcooperatively.(Para.5)LanguagePointsReinin/reinback:tolimitorcontrolsomethingthathasdevelopedtoomuchorcontinuedfo
rtoolongDesignedanexperiment•Ratherthanchasingspecialistsawayoreatingalltheirpopcorn,theybegantoinhibittheiraggression.LanguagePoin
tsInsteadofDrivingthespecialistawayRestraintheirwarlikebehavior•Specialistkepttheirlowrankbutwereallowedamomentatthehightab
lewhentheirskillswereofusetotheroyalty.LanguagePointsHightableBrE:atableataformalmealwherethemostimporta
ntpeopleeat,forexampleatatraditionaluniversity•Althoughthesemightseemtobestrictlyhumanconcerns,territorialanimalssuchassunfish,lizards,sparrows
,andgibbonsareinvestedintheseissues..LanguagePointsbecaredaboutonlybythehumanbeingsaredevotedto/committedto•Stayingclose
tothetubeandlookingatitwerenotsufficientcuesofownershipfromthedominant’sperspective.Adominantmacaquewouldappeartoinhibititsimpulsetograbthetubeifa
subordinatehelditclosetoitsbody.LanguagePointsInthedominant’spointofviewHoldbackitsmotivatingforce•Butinanyso
cialsituationwithconventions,individualsoftenfindthatitpaystobreaktherules.LanguagePointsItpaystodo:itisworthwhile(profitable)to
doItpaystodo:itneedstopayapricetodo•Itwasasifindividualswerebeingpunishedforbeinginappropriatelysilent,
fordeceptivelywithholdinginformationaboutarichfoodsource.LanguagePointsrefusingtoofferinginformationinamisleadingway•Theybeelinedtothe
foodandeitherconsumeditonthespotorgobbledafewpiecesandthenmovedtoanewlocationwithastash.LanguagePointsateitwithou
tdelayWalkedtothefoodinthestraightcourseGulpedafewpiecesoutofsight•Itseemslikelythattheactorspickeduponachangeintheactivityof
thereceivers,onethatwasconsistentenoughtopredicttheshock.LanguagePointsBecamefamiliarwith•Thisexperimen
tleftmanylooseends.Althoughitisclearthatrhesusmonkeyscanlearntoavoidshockbyattendingtoafacialexpression,wedon’tknowifthisre
sponseismotivatedbyempathy,andempathyisnecessaryforaltruism.LanguagePointsFinaldetailsthathavenotyetbeendealtwith(veryformal)topayat
tentiontoimpelled•Thereisnoambiguityaboutwhatthegorilladid...•Wouldshehaveactedinthesamewaytowards…•Itpaystobreaktherules.•Thereisnowaytopredict…Sen
tencestructure•Captureanevent•Captureone’sattention•Captureone’sheart•Fullygraspthedistinctionbetween•Raisethepublicandscientificinterestin•S
etupanexperiment•Receiveapopcorntreat•MaintainsocialconventionsExpressions•Reininaggressivebehavior•Refrain
frompullingthechain•Inhibittheimpulse•Abidebyarule/adhereto•Breaktherules/violatecommunityrules•EmployrulelikestrategiesExpress
ionsDarwin’sTheoryofRevolution❖Evolutionisthetheorythatmodernorganismshavedescendedfromancientorganisms.❖Darwinisthema
nwhocameupwiththeTheoryofEvolution.In1831hewenttodifferentremoteislands.Thetriplastedfor5years.30yearslaterheactuallypublishe
dabookonhistheoryofNaturalSelection.SurvivalofTheFittestIndividualswhosecharacteristicsarewellsuitedtotheirenvironmentsu
rvive.Individualswhosecharacteristicsarenotwellsuitedtotheirenvironmenteitherdieorleavefeweroffspring.RattlesnakeswithnorattlesEvolutionbynaturals
electionWildanimalsshowsimilartendencieslikewhatdomesticanimalshave.Deer-competitionamongstmalestobeasuitor.Tallerplantswillreceivesunshine.Pl
antsthatrootdeeplywillgetwater.Animalscompetitionforfood-birdnestsCreationism(创造宇宙说)•Thepositionthattheaccou
ntofthecreationoftheuniversegivenatthebeginningoftheBibleisliterallytrue.•Theprimalstorytoexplainall
ofhumanexistenceandtheworld•BeingHumanistobeGodlikeanddifferentfromtherestofcreation•Communicable(shared)attrib
utesofGod–Mind–AttributesofIntellect–Heart–MoralAttributes–Will–AttributesofPurpose