Autor: Maria de Lourdes Borges

Resumo:

In this paper I ask whether sympathy, solidarity, and empathy are hard wired in our human brain. I will discuss one the thesis of evolutionary ethics, that is, that empathy and sympathy are innate. I ask whether these are natural /innate features of human beings and other animals, such as primates. I investigate whether there is a natural altruistic behavior and a natural tendency to solidarity. I claim that we have already sufficient empirical data to accept one aspect of an evolutionary ethics, which claims that at least some features of our morality, comes to us naturally.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5007/1677-2954.2014v13n1p167

Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/ethic/article/view/1677-2954.2014v13n1p167/26940

Palavras-Chave: Sympathy,Ethics, Neuroethics