Moral Behavior in Animals:
Implications for Freethinkers
On Sunday, October 6th, Charles Gessert will present the short film Moral Behavior in Animals. Then he will lead a discussion that includes ideas from that video and from the 2011 book The Bonobo and the Atheist. Both are the work of Franciscus “Frans” de Waal, a Dutch primatologist and ethologist, professor of Primate Behavior in the Department of Psychology at Emory University, and director of the Living Links Center at its Yerkes National Primate Research Center. Dr. de Waal is a member of both the United States National Academy of Sciences and the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. He has written numerous books on primate social behavior addressing issues such as conflict resolution, cooperation, inequity aversion, and food-sharing. Does this work suggest that we can explain and expect morality in human animals, even without religion?
9:00 Coffee and Conversation
9:30 Breakfast Buffet Available
10:00 Formal Program Begins
Duluth Radisson Harborview
505 West Superior Street
Duluth, MN 55802
(218) 727-8981
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