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Study: Morality is learned by the brain in the same way as language. |
"According to Hauser, the human brain learns right from wrong the same
way it learns language. The vast majority of the world’s languages
share at least one thing in common: a system of guidelines for usage.
This is called grammar. Just as languages have rules about where to put
a subject, an adverb, and a predicate in a sentence, so too every
culture has a set of guidelines to teach people how to make moral
decisions in different situations. So just as learning a language means
learning not only words, but also a system for putting the words
together, the same is true for morality; there are very specific
“commandments” that are unique to every culture, but there are also
softer usage guidelines. People who have mastered the moral guidelines
of their particular culture have what some might call principles or
scruples. Hauser calls this a moral grammar." |
Language Morality Development |
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Kind of like an "Into The Wild" tale. |
A Free Spirited Activist Who Lived By Her Post-CApitolist Ideals Was Killed In a Poor Dirstrict In New Orleans |
Kirsten Brydum Traveler Utopia Utopian |
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